Editors’ note on nonavalent HPV vaccine (HPV)

Authors

  • Mauro Romero Leal Passos Universidade Federal Fluminense
  • José Eleutério Junior

Abstract

In the first place, I would like to emphasize and thank the great initiative and exceptional Editorial by Professor Edson Fedrizzi. Despite all that has been said, we should not fail to mention that the frequent use of male or female condoms (long forgotten in educational campaigns, of free distribution in public events and put for sale at commercial establishments) is an essential method to prevent all sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), including the Human papillomavirus HPV, hepatitis B, and HIV. Frequently, people infected with STD are those who already acquired another STD. Vaccination against HPV does not protect these people against other STDs. Therefore, since there are no vaccines against classic STDs (except for hepatitis B), any information on HPV should (and, in fact, have) support vast actions against all other STDs. [...]

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Author Biographies

Mauro Romero Leal Passos, Universidade Federal Fluminense

Setor de Doenças Sexualmente Transmissíveis, Universidade Federal Fluminense – Niterói (RJ), Brazil.

José Eleutério Junior

Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Ceará – Fortaleza (CE), Brazil.

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Published

2022-01-12

How to Cite

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Passos MRL, Junior JE. Editors’ note on nonavalent HPV vaccine (HPV). DST [Internet]. 2022 Jan. 12 [cited 2024 Nov. 11];31(2):39-42. Available from: https://www.bjstd.org/revista/article/view/851

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Editorial