HPV vaccine types and doses

HPV refers as Genital Human Papillomavirus; a common sexually transmitted virus found in both men and women. Today, HPV vaccine is required to both adolescence and adults for future protection against virus. There are two ways of HPV vaccine; a routine vaccination and catch-up vaccination. Routine vaccination is give to a girl age 11-12 years old, and girl age 9 years may also have shot (but not recommended). The reason why HPV vaccine is given on that early age it’s because young girls must have prior HPV vaccine before their first sexual contact since they are not exposed yet by HPV virus, by then, they will be protected 100% from HPV virus. We all know that if one person has already been infected by HPV virus the vaccine will not cure or prevent her/him anyway.

A Catch-up vaccination is recommend for those who are not received vaccine when they were younger; to a girl or woman age 13-26 years old. It has 3-dose series of HPV vaccine- one dose for today, one dose after 2 months (after first dose), and one dose after 6 months (after first dose). Note: these additional boosters are optional.