Benefits of Gender-Neutral Vaccination Strategy for the Prevention of HPV-Associated Diseases and the Eradication of HPV Infection in General. Current State of HPV Vaccination in the World

Abstract

Papillomavirus infection (HPV infection) is the leading sexually transmitted infection in prevalence. HPV infection and associated diseases, including cancer, remain one of the global problems of our time. This literature review presents relevant data from foreign studies and domestic works on the state of HPV vaccination in the world, the modern vaccines efficacy for the HPV-associated diseases prevention, current vaccination strategies and their efficacy as well. The aim of the article is to determine the advantages of using gender-neutral vaccination strategy over priority-used vaccination strategy for girls only in the prevention of HPV-associated diseases, including cancer, as well as for eradicating HPV infection in general.

Keywords

• human papillomavirus
• hpv-associated diseases
• vaccination
• vaccination strategies
• gender-neutral vaccination