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Wouldn't you already be almost certainly infected by mid-30s? Does it work if you're already carrying the virus?

• technofiend 7y ago
  There are multiple strains of the virus. Even if infected with one wouldn't you like protection against the rest, particularly as Gardasil 9 is the vaccine you'll get in the US and covers the most strains? https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/causes-prevention/risk/infectious-agents/hpv-vaccine-fact-sheet https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/causes-prevention/risk/i... From the link above: Three vaccines that prevent infection with disease-causing HPV types are licensed for use in the United States: Gardasil®, Gardasil® 9, and Cervarix®. All three vaccines prevent infection with HPV types 16 and 18, two high-risk HPVs that cause about 70% of cervical cancers and an even higher percentage of some of the other HPV-caused cancers (1, 2). Gardasil also prevents infection with HPV types 6 and 11, which cause 90% of genital warts (3). Gardasil 9 prevents infection with the same four HPV types plus five additional cancer-causing types (31, 33, 45, 52, and 58) that together account for 10 to 20% of cervical cancers. Gardasil 9 is now the only HPV vaccine available for use in the United States. Cervarix and Gardasil are still used in other countries.
• vo2maxer 7y ago
  At a minimum, it may augment “both the magnitude and quality of natural immunity” in sexually active persons. [1] [1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5006801/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5006801/
  • m0zg 7y ago
    Good to know. Will ask my physician about getting it then.
  • masonic 7y ago
    Out of a grand total of five subjects, two showed a response. Not much of a study.
• burfog 7y ago
  Of course you wouldn't be almost certainly infected. Some people don't have sexual relationships. Many people are in monogamous relationships.