Jakarta. Cervical cancer vaccines or cervix in women has been considered not optimal. To be more protected, men also need to be vaccinated as often transmit the virus that causes cervical cancer to their partner.

These recommendations submitted by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently, through the director of immunization Anne Schuchat. The man who became a priority to get cervical cancer vaccine is teenagers, ages 11-12 years.

As is known, one of the causes of cervical cancer is human papilloma virus (HPV) especially types 16 and 18. This type of virus infects not only women but also men and can cause genital warts and in rare cases can lead to cancer of the penis.

But the suggestion to give the HPV vaccine in males are not solely intended for the prevention of genital warts only. The main objective remains to protect women, because men who are infected but have no symptoms often transmit the virus to their partners.

“Girls who want to be vaccinated so far not too much. Vaccination for men to be the most effective choice when vaccination coverage in women is never optimal,“ Schuchat said as quoted from NYdailynews, Wednesday (26/10/2011).

Giving the vaccine in men believed to be effective in limiting the spread of HPV, because men can spread the virus is in many ways. Than through direct genital contact during sex, HPV can also be transmitted to the mouth while performing oral sex.

Among women, cervical cancer is one of the most deadly type that kills 270,000 women worldwide each year. In Indonesia alone, an estimated 37 per hour there is a new diagnosis of cervical cancer deaths by one every 1 hour. :)

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