Getting a vaccination for Human papillomavirus (HPV) can effectively decrease infections, anogenital wart and precancerous lesions, according to a World Health Organization (WHO)-funded study. HPV is a viral infection that spreads through skin-to-skin contact and has more than 100 varieties. HPV 16 and 18, responsible for 70 per cent of cervical cancers, could be significantly reduced after vaccination, showed the study published in the journal The Lancet on June 26, 2019.
Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer among women, with an estimated 570,000 new cases diagnosed worldwide in 2018. In the study, the team analysed data from 65 studies, with a sample size of 60 million people from 14 high-income countries — including 23 for HPV infection, 29 for anogenital warts and 13 for CIN2+ lesions for over eight years. They found: HPV infections reduced by 83 per cent in girls…
