HPV

abbreviation for

1. human papilloma virus.

HPV

abbreviation for

1. human papilloma virus

Example Sentences

If you’ve been vaccinated against HPV, you almost certainly aren’t going to die of cervical or anal or throat cancer.

From Slate

In order to reverse these grim statistics, Africa has seen massive campaigns to vaccinate girls against the HPV that causes cervical cancer.

From BBC

Lesotho has reached an exceptional 93% coverage after vaccinating 139,000 girls against HPV.

From BBC

Meanwhile, the HPV vaccine is cutting cervical cancer by nearly 90%.

From BBC

And Prof Peter Sasieni, who was also involved in the self-testing trial, said young women who had had the HPV vaccine in childhood may need only one to three cervical cancer screenings in their lifetime.

From BBC