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How can the hpv shot work?
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Immunity: The injections work by causing an immune reacion to the type viruses in the injection. There is a bivalent (two viruses) and a quadrivalent (four virus) vaccine. This covers most of the viruses causing anogenital carcinoma in men and women but not all viruses!
Answered 11/30/2014
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