Young men should also be vaccinated against HPV

Adolescents should also be vaccinated against human papillomavirus (HPV), recommendation of the Vaccine Commission of the Society of Pediatric Infectiology and the Portuguese Pediatric Society which is currently analyzing vaccines not included in the Program . National vaccination. With respect to HPV in adolescents, committee experts say they have no doubt that Gardasil® 9 vaccine should be administered individually to prevent HPV-related lesions. The recommendation is published in the Portuguese Pediatric Law of April / June 2018, where it is explained that the burden of HPV disease is relevant to the male sex. According to the document, "men are at risk of developing genital warts, cancers of the anus, penis, head and neck, and intraepithelial neoplasia of the penis and anus."

In addition, experts still note other reasons "On the one hand, there is no screening put in place for the prevention of HPV-associated cancer in men." On the other hand, and given the global globalization "there is currently a risk of being contaminated" through sexual contact with In addition to these arguments, the Committee recalls that men who have sex with men do not significantly benefit from a vaccine included in the National Immunization Plan that targets only gender. The Gardasil® vaccine protects against nine types of HPV (6, 11, 16, 18, 31, 33). 45 countries, including the United States, Canada, Australia, Austria, and Italy, have formulated official recommendations for universal HPV vaccination. That's to say, young woman and also male.