Arguments Against HPV Vaccine
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In the last decade, a huge change occurred in the health system related to cancer prevention: the approval of HPV (Human Papilloma Virus) vaccines. This innovation allowed a decrease in cancer cases, such as cervical, vaginal and laryngeal cancer, by promoting caution before the disease, in an effective way and having the best cost benefit between the other treatments. Zardo et al. (2013) states that approximately 231 thousand women die, a year, because they are victims of HPV, the most prevalent sexually transmissible disease in the world. The HPV vaccine generates immunity against the virus and increases expressively the probability of protection. In addition, it is called a quadrivalent vaccine and it is an inactivated vaccine, which means