Do Vitamin D Levels Affect Antibody Titers Produced in Response to HPV Vaccine? Antibody Titers Produced in Response Authors: Zimmerman RK1, Lin CJ, Raviotta JM, Nowalk MP. Abstract In addition to its well-known effects on bone metabolism, vitamin D is an immunomodulating hormone. Serum vitamin D levels in males 18-25 years were measured at baseline, and HPV […]
Reduction in HPV Prevalence— No Evidence to Support HPV Vaccination reduces HPV Prevalence
Authors: Jennifer A. Groner1, George D. Harris2 and Diane M. Harper3,4,5 TO THE EDITOR—The recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study by Markowitz et al [1] provides limited and inconclusive data on 111 sexually active females between 14 and 19 years of age who received at least 1 dose of quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccine (HPV4). The […]
Review of Gardasil
Review Authors: Diane M Harper,1,* Stephen L. Vierthaler,2 and Jennifer A Santee3 Abstract Human papillomavirus (HPV) is necessary for the development of cervical cancer. Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer in women worldwide but 80% occurs in developing countries, not countries with Pap screening programs. Pap screening programs in industrialized countries have reduced the […]
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome / Myalgic Encephalomyelitis
Is Chronic Fatigue Syndrome / Myalgic Encephalomyelitis a Relevant Diagnosis in Patients with Suspected Side Effects to Human Papilloma Virus Vaccine? Authors: Louise Brinth*, Kirsten Pors, Anna-Alexandra Grube Hoppe, Iman Badreldin and Jesper Mehlsen Frederiksberg Hospital, Denmark Abstract The quadrivalent human papilloma virus vaccine (Q-HPV-vaccine) was included into the Danish childhood vaccination program in 2009. […]
Reduction in HPV prevalence?
[SaneVax: Following is an excerpt from a letter to the editor of The Journal of Infectious Diseases that provides a critique of a scientific study used to demonstrate the success of HPV vaccination programs in the United States. Evidently, things are not so cut and dried as the CDC would like us to believe.] Reduction in HPV Prevalence—No […]
