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When you have the hpv vaccination and you are sexually active, do you have to abstain from sexual intercourse until all injections have been administered for it to be effective?
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No....but...: The HPV vaccine will start providing protection from the strains represented in that particular vaccine a few weeks after the 1st dose. Additional doses push the bodies immune system to remember the vaccine making the protection last longer. Just 1 dose would give transient protection while the full series could give decades.
Answered 1/27/2020
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