HPV Infection to HPV Vaccine: A Preventive Medicine Breakthrough Or Political Polemic (Human Papillomavirus ) (Clinical Report‪)‬

Our understanding of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and its consequences has increased greatly over the past few decades. Screening technologies such as liquid-based cytology and HPV DNA testing are available to help clinicians distinguish between transient infection, which is benign, and persistent infection with high-risk HPV types, which may lead to cervical cancer. Vaccines designed to prevent acquisition of specific HPV types have been in the forefront not only within the confines of our clinical setting but transcends across the political arena. HPV Primer