Current HPV vaccine may not help some women with immune problems

Women with HIV acquire cancer-causing forms of the human papillomavirus that are not included in the current HPV vaccines Gardasil and Cervarix, according to new research from Fox Chase Cancer Center being presented at the AACR Annual Meeting 2013 on Sunday, April 7. "People with issues in their immune system such as HIV will be at risk of ... (more)

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-04/fccc-chv040213.php