HPV vaccine wears off quickly in HIV-positive women

Women with HIV probably need a booster shot of HPV vaccine within 2 years to maintain efficacy, according to a Canadian study of quadrivalent HPV vaccine (Gardasil) in 136 HIV-positive women.

Antibody response to the vaccine is strong enough at 2 years to protect about 90% of HIV-negative women against HPV [human papillomavirus]. "But in our population, with approximately a year and a half of follow-up, that number decreased to about 63%. There’s a much more rapid decline in antibody levels" among HIV-positive women, "which suggests this population might in fact benefit from a booster," said lead investigator Erin Moses, R.N., a researcher at the Women’s Health Research Institute in Vancouver, B.C.

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Medical body calls on NHS to extend HPV vaccination to gay men

A group of health professionals, men’s health charities, and senior politicians are set to call on the NHS to extend vaccination against carcinogenic Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) to gay men, the Guardian reports.

http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2012/06/10/medical-body-calls-on-nhs-to-extend-hpv-vaccination-to-gay-men/