Cost of HPV vaccine is prohibitive in developing world, Nobel winner says
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Chapter 15: HPV vaccine use in the developing world.
Human papillomavirus (HPV)-related morbidity and mortality from cervical cancer primarily occurs in the developing world, where, unfortunately, access to vaccines in general, and expensive newer vaccines in particular, is often more limited than in the industrialized world. In addition, secondary prevention methods such as HPV screening, Pap testing, or visual inspection are uncommon in the dev...
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عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Medical Association Journal
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0820-3946,1488-2329
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.109-3094