Human papillomavirus vaccine. Statement of the Advisory Committee of Immunizations on Behalf of the Chilean Infectious Diseases Society. September 2008
This article briefly reviews the epidemiology of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and associated diseases globally and in Chile, and the scientific information of the licensed HPV vaccines: Gardasil and Cervari. Considering the available information, the Advisory Committee on Immunizations of the Chilean Society of Infectious Diseases recommends vaccination of teenage girls, ideally before initiating sexual activity, ie, approximately at the age of 12 to 13 years and vaccination of women of any age if they have not started sexual
