Desenvolvimento de vacinas profiláticas e terapêuticas para HPV

Abstract

The correlation between human papillomavirus and induction of cervical cancer has been established since 1974, but the induction of transient idiopathic infertility, attributed to HPV, has also recently been addressed. Therefore, there is a clear need for a more effective combat against the virus, which has periodically been correlated with new diseases that indiscriminately affect men, women, and children of all social classes. Recent technological advances have contributed notably to the improvement of experimental work tools, a fact that provides scientists with new horizons to be explored in the development of new products, free from serious side effects, due to genetic manipulation in the construction of expression vectors directed to therapeutic targets of interest. Thus, this book aims to tell readers a little bit of the natural history about HPV and the advances in prophylaxis and minimally invasive therapy, aiming to eradicate the virus and treat infected patients, who have developed HPV-induced cancer. Periodic exams and vaccination are still the best options to prevent HPV infection and the development of cancers associated with the virus, as well as the possibility of transient infertility occurrence attributed to the HPV.