an·ti-HPV | \ -ˌāch-(ˌ)pē-ˈvē 
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\Medical Definition of anti-HPV
: acting against or preventing infection with human papillomavirus an anti-HPV vaccine Screening should continue in all vaccinated women, given the cumulative lifetime risk of exposure to other oncogenic HPV types and the unknown duration of anti-HPV immunity.— George F. Sawaya and Karen Smith-McCune, The New England Journal of Medicine
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