The quadrivalent human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine is recommended for all girls and women between 9 to 26 years of age. This article reports a study conducted by Danish researchers on the effects of inadvertent HPV vaccination during early pregnancy. Although HPV vaccine is not recommended during pregnancy, effects of inadvertent HPV exposure or vaccination during early pregnancy is still unknown.
A recent study conducted by Danish researchers investigated the association between quadrivalent HPV vaccination during pregnancy and the risks of major birth defect, spontaneous abortion, stillbirth, preterm birth, low birth weight, and small size gestational age were determined. So far, what is known from one cohort study of the bivalent HPV vaccine, the risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes is not higher among women whose first day of gestation occurred between 30 days before vaccination and…
