Advocating for the quadravalent HPV vaccination, Gardasil, by Merck

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 671-672

  Rothengass, Barbara Elaine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Gardasil; Human papillomavirus; Merck; Recurrent respiratory papillomatosis; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

CERVAVIX; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WART VIRUS VACCINE;

ANUS CARCINOMA; CONDYLOMA; DRUG COST; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENICITY; LARYNX PAPILLOMATOSIS; LETTER; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PENIS CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; VACCINATION; WART VIRUS;

HUMANS; PAPILLOMA; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS VACCINES; RESPIRATORY TRACT NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33847399192     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2006.12.007     Document Type: Letter

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1. Merck's new cervical cancer vaccine, Gardasil, unanimously recommended by CDC Advisory Panel for Vaccination of Girls and Women 11 to 26 Years, http://www.merck.com/newsroom/press_releases/product/2006_0629.html.
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3. Gardasil is the only vaccine that may help guard against diseases that are caused by human papillomavirus (HPV) Types 6, 11, 16, and 18, http://www.gardasil.com.
4. Who should receive Gardasil? http://www.gardasil.com/who-should-receive-gardasil.html.
5. Gardasil quadravalent human papillomavirus (Types 6, 11, 16, 18) recombinant vaccine, http://www.merck.com/product/usa/pi_circulars/g/gardasil/gardasil_pi.pdf.
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