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Human Papillomavirus Vaccine

Human papillomavirus vaccine with AS04 adjuvant triggers persistent immune response

Published in Vaccine Weekly, October 25th, 2006

A human papillomavirus vaccine with an AS04 adjuvant triggers a persistent immune response.

According to recent research from Belgium, "An effective virus-like particle (VLP) based prophylactic vaccine designed to protect against persistent infection with human papillomavirus (HPV) types 16 and 18 and subsequent lesion development will need to induce a strong humoral and cellular immune response capable of providing long-term protection.

"Our objective was to evaluate the ability of an HPV16/18 L1 VLP vaccine formulated with the AS04 adjuvant system (3-O-desacyl-4'-monophosphoryl lipid A (MPL) and aluminium salt) to induce an immune response...

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