Example Sentences

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The HPV vaccine, which is offered to school pupils aged 12 and 13, helps stop the spread of Human papillomaviruses.

From BBC • Jun. 18, 2025

"Herpesviruses and papillomaviruses are probably best known examples. Other viruses in the healthy virome apparently can protect the host from infection by their more aggressive relatives."

From Salon • Dec. 19, 2022

For instance, Cervarix is an FDA-approved bivalent vaccine that provides protection against two different types of human papillomaviruses that cause cancer.

From Scientific American • Sep. 2, 2022

But that’s not useful, since 85 percent of the population catches at least one of the 100 different human papillomaviruses that circulate.

From New York Times • Jun. 10, 2013

Although he cautions that human papillomaviruses may not necessarily behave the same way, “for the moment we assume that they do”.

From Nature • Aug. 29, 2012