Human Papillomavirus and Gardasil

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2013-10

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Virginia Tech

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Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexual transmitted disease (STD), with 79 million Americans currently infected and 14 million new infections occurring annually... The pharmaceutical company Merck developed the Gardasil vaccine to protect individuals against four strains of HPV that cause genital warts and various cancers.

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