Definition of human papillomavirus
: any of numerous papillomaviruses (as of the genera Alphapapillomavirus, Betapapillomavirus, and Gammapapillomavirus) that cause various human papillomas (such as genital warts and plantar warts) and include some associated with the production of human cancer
—abbreviation HPV
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Other studies investigating childhood vaccines — like for the human papillomavirus, or HPV — as risk factors for developing type 1 diabetes in children found no association.
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Miriam Fauzia, USA TODAY, 28 May 2021
And for vaccination in particular, payments have been successful for human papillomavirus (HPV) in England; hepatitis B in the United States and the United Kingdom; and tetanus toxoid in Nigeria.
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The Conversation, oregonlive, 22 May 2021
Vaccitech Chief Executive Bill Enright said Friday in an interview that the prospects for clinical-stage treatments for prostate cancer, hepatitis B and human papillomavirus were the biggest focus of investor interest.
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Matt Grossman, WSJ, 30 Apr. 2021
Vaccitech plans to use technology underpinning the vaccine to advance clinical trials for treatments targeting prostate cancer, hepatitis B and human papillomavirus.
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Jenny Strasburg, WSJ, 7 Apr. 2021
The authors believed this lack of confidence could be linked to human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine safety scares beginning in 2013.
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Timothy Mclaughlin, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2021
The additional cash will be used to finance three infectious disease and immuno-oncology programs that seek to treat chronic hepatitis B virus, human papillomavirus, and prostate cancer.
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Lucinda Shen, Fortune, 17 Mar. 2021
One such debate arose in the United Kingdom in 2009 after a 14-year-old high schooler died hours after receiving a vaccination for human papillomavirus, also known as HPV, which can cause cancer.
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NBC News, 12 Mar. 2021
Is there a way, for example, to prevent cervical cancer — a life-threatening disease that starts with a simple infection of human papillomavirus (HPV) — from proliferating?
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Rosanna Xia, Star Tribune, 11 Mar. 2021
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