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Complex Mixtures > Biological Products > Vaccines > Viral Vaccines > Papillomavirus Vaccines

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Papillomavirus Vaccines  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Papillomavirus Vaccine
  • Vaccine, Papillomavirus

Scope note

  • Vaccines or candidate vaccines used to prevent PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS. Human vaccines are intended to reduce the incidence of UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS, so they are sometimes considered a type of CANCER VACCINES. They are often composed of CAPSID PROTEINS, especially L1 protein, from various types of ALPHAPAPILLOMAVIRUS.

History note

  • 2007

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D053918

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