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How effective is HPV vaccine?

Dr. Vivien Brown

MDCM, CCFP, FCFP NCMP

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The vaccine is almost 100% effective against the four HPV types that the vaccine protects against. There is no risk of getting an HPV infection from the vaccine, since the vaccine does not contain live virus.

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