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Originally Posted by sammyboyfor
I would have thought that there were still benefits from the vaccine because it protects against all the strains that are usually implicated in the development of cervical cancer.
In other words it protects against strains of HPV which you have yet to catch.  |
That's right. I would still encourage people who have been diagnosed with HPV warts to get vaccinated against HPV.
1. Because it will protect the patient against other HPV strains.
2. There is data to show that the antibody production from a wild type HPV infection is not so robust. Vaccines have adjuvants which make the body mount a more aggressive immune response. Presumably, this will help with clearance of the infection.
3. There is also data to show that HPV vaccination reduces the rates of cervical cancer recurrence. It may be logical to extrapolate this data and assume HPV vaccination can also reduce the rate of wart recurrence.