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1. #Onelessworry: International HPV Awareness Day

Infections caused by Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) are one of the most common infections transmitted mainly through direct (usually sexual) contact with an infected individual. In most cases the infection...

2. The Birth of a Vaccine

All vaccines contain the microorganisms, viruses or bacteria, against which they protect in a weakened (attenuated) or completely inactivated form. In other cases, they may contain only some components...

3. Information material

Select an item from the list below to consult its attachments. Generic material Comunicazione-Convocazione Vaccini-Oristano.pdf (52.41 KB)Pieghevole-HPV che cosa è-Sassari.pdf (154.28 KB)Pieghevole-Qualche...

4. There is no link between vaccines and tumours

...sarcoma, associated with Human Herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8), hepatitis B virus and liver cancer, Human Papilloma virus (HPV) and cervical cancer. In contrast to this, vaccinations have already been successfully...

5. HPV - Human Papilloma Virus

The use of a condom does not completely eliminate the risk of infection since the virus often infects even the skin that remains unprotected by the condom. In most cases the infection is asymptomatic...

6. AskaboutHPV: International HPV Awareness Day

Infections caused by Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) are one of the most common infections transmitted mainly through direct (usually sexual) contact with an infected individual. Although in most cases infection...

7. Anti-HPV vaccine

...system starts producing antibodies against these proteins and therefore in the event of a possible Papilloma virus attack, the body immediately recognises pathogenic cells and prevents the virus from...

8. Future of vaccines

The global eradication of smallpox is the poster-child of this achievement. If we look to the very recent past and the present, we can see that in the last ten years many important vaccines have come...