What is the minimum age of vaccination of human papilloma virus vaccine?
Correct Answer: 9 years
Description: - Minimum age to administer HPV vaccine is 9yrs HPV vaccine: - Two vaccines licensed globally are available in India Quadrivalent vaccine (Gardasil(tm) marketed by Merck)- Protects against HPV serotypes 6 ,11,16 & 18. Bivalent vaccine (Cervarix(tm) marketed by Glaxo Smith Kline) - Protects against HPV serotypes 16 and 18. Both vaccines are manufactured by recombinant DNA technology. - These vaccines prevents cervical in situ neoplasia grade 2,3 & adenocarcinoma in situ - Gardasil also prevents serotype related genital was, vaginal & vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia.
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