Gardasil is described as a prophylactic vaccine, rather than therapeutic, so no- it sounds like you would have to be vaccinated prior to infection in order for

Gardasil is described as a prophylactic vaccine, rather than therapeutic, so no- it sounds like you would have to be vaccinated prior to infection in order for it to be effective. However, it sounds like there are therapeutic vaccines in development [0, 1]. [0] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3586871/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3586871/ [1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30955915 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30955915