Journal of Vaccines & Vaccination

Research Director, Economic Evaluation and HTA (EEHTA) CEIS, Faculty of Economics, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Institute for Leadership and Management in Health, Kingston University, London, UK

Publications

• Review Article   
  HPV Vaccination Concepts in the Reality of Today
  Author(s): Alberto Paderno, Andrea Garolla, Sergio Pecorelli, Alberto Lombardi, Carmine Pinto, Giancarlo Icardi, Fulvio Bonetti, Francesco Saverio Mennini, Michele Conversano, Andrea Isidori, Luciano Mariani, Giovanni Rezza and Andrea Peracino*
  
  The aim of this review is to evaluate the complex interaction between HPV and human body, in order to contextualize its role in the development of infective-related disease and neoplastic transformation. While the clinical value of vaccination on the field of gynecology has been widely investigated, the growing introduction of universal coverage (both males and females) leads to the need to extend investigations to adjunctive areas of interest. This is the rationale to extend and combine in a single review the main emerging areas where the HPV vaccination could induce an effective immunological response: HPV-related upper aerodigestive tract (UADT) pathologies, and HPV-related alterations of reproductive processes in males and females. There is no doubt that universal vacci.. View more»
  

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