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Georgia Health Sciences University

New HPV Vaccine Under Study

Caption: Dr. Daron Faris, family medicine physician and director of the MCG Gynecologic Cancer Prevention Center, is studying a new vaccine for the nine of the most harmful strains of human papillomavirus. The new vaccine, called nine-valent, is being compared with Gardasil, a quadrivalent vaccine already on the market that works against the two most deadly HPV types.

Credit: Medical College of Georgia

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