Is HPV vaccination in pregnancy safe?

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 subj...

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Published in:	Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics 2016-08, Vol.12 (8), p.1960-1964
Main Authors:	Bonde, Ulla, Joergensen, Jan Stener, Lamont, Ronald F., Mogensen, Ole
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Abortion, Spontaneous - epidemiology adverse events Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions - epidemiology Female HPV Humans Medicin och hälsovetenskap Papillomavirus Infections - prevention & control Papillomavirus Vaccines - administration & dosage Papillomavirus Vaccines - adverse effects Pregnancy Reviews spontaneous abortion Vaccination - adverse effects vaccine
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Summary:	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.
ISSN:	2164-5515 2164-554X 2164-554X