What is the HPV vaccine?
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The free HPV vaccine used in New Zealand is called Gardasil®.
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It protects against infection from four types of HPV – two high-risk types (16 and 18) that cause 7 out of 10 cervical cancers and two low-risk types (6 and 11) that cause 9 out of 10 cases of genital warts.
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The vaccine causes the body's immune system to produce its own protection (antibodies) against these four HPV types.
