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Is HPV vaccination in pregnancy safe?

  • University College London

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Abstract

Millions of doses of HPV vaccine have been administered globally. Inadvertent administration of HPV vaccine during pregnancy occurs given that the main recipients of the vaccine are fertile young women, who might be unaware of their pregnancy at the time of their vaccination. To investigate the subject of HPV vaccine and pregnancy , the databases of PubMed and Embase were searched to find the relevant literature published in English within the last 10 y. Most of the evidence pertaining to fetal adverse events following HPV vaccination relates to spontaneous miscarriage. None of the relevant studies found any significantly increased rate of spontaneous abortion in the overall analyses. There was no indication of other HPV vaccine-associated adverse events in pregnancy or immediately post-conception.

Original languageEnglish
JournalHuman Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
Volume12
Issue number8
Pages (from-to)1960-1964
ISSN2164-5515
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2. Aug 2016

Keywords

  • HPV
  • adverse events
  • pregnancy
  • spontaneous abortion
  • vaccine
  • Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions/epidemiology
  • Papillomavirus Infections/prevention & control
  • Vaccination/adverse effects
  • Humans
  • Pregnancy
  • Papillomavirus Vaccines/administration & dosage
  • Female
  • Abortion, Spontaneous/epidemiology

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