To: jalisco555
Anything about vaccinating young men for HPV? Obviously, vaccinating women would be Priority One, but would the vaccine prevent men from becoming infected & spreading the virus?
31 posted on
04/10/2005 6:49:05 AM PDT by
elli1
To: elli1
Anything about vaccinating young men for HPV?Hasn't been studied yet, as far as I know. It's not clear how one could determine the efficacy of a vaccine in men. The studies done on women look at the rate of precancerous changes in vaccinated women versus controls (not, by and large, at antibody levels). Men aren't affected by the virus the way women are so I'm not sure how you could design a study.
32 posted on
04/10/2005 7:03:30 AM PDT by
jalisco555
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