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bivalent

[bī′vā·lənt]

(chemistry)

Possessing a valence of two.

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Currently administered to 12-14 year-old schoolgirls, the bivalent vaccine (Cervarix) protects them against HPV types 16 and 18, responsible for 700% of cervical cancers.

British doctors recommend bypassing free National Health Service vaccinations for prevention of HPV infection

Huh, MD: The bivalent and quadrivalent vaccines are both excellent products, and their respective Phase-3 trials demonstrate that they provide impressive protection against HPV, particularly among women who test negative (by polymerase chain reaction) for the specific HPV types contained within the vaccines.

2 HPV vaccines, 7 questions that you need answered: the availability of two vaccines against human papillomavirus raises numerous questions about fine points of cervical cancer prevention

It was observed that only a region comparable in length to the S11 bivalent is synapsed in each of the longest bivalents.

Meiosis in Stethophyma (Mecostethus) grossum (Orthoptera: Acrididae): an exciting history

The bivalent vaccine will help control both P1 and P3 strains.

New polio vaccine to debut today

Approved by the Food and Drug Administration, the bivalent HPV vaccine (GlaxoSmithKline's Cervarix) provides clinicians with another option to vaccinate adolescent girls and young women against diseases caused by HPV types 16 and 18.

Panel backs use of second HPV vaccine

Cross-protection following vaccination of women with three doses of bivalent HPV vaccine (HPV-16/18) demonstrated that, over a period of up to 4.

HPV vaccination: the promise & problems

Although the range of the relative lengths of the bivalents in both cytotypes was similar, three bivalent groups can be distinguished in cytotype II, but only two in cytotype I (Fig.

Cytogenetics of three species of scorpions of the genus Brachistosternus from Argentina (Scorpiones: Bothriuridae)

chrostowskii, whereas it is smaller than the smallest bivalent in S.

Nuevas contribuciones al estudio de Corixoidea: caracterizacion citogenetica de tres especies de Sigara de Argentina y los posibles mecanismos de evolucion del cariotipo en Nepomorpha

Whitehouse Station, NJ), which protects against HPV 16, 18, 6, and 11, and phase 2 clinical trials of a bivalent HPV vaccine (expected to be marketed as Cervarix[TM], GlaxoSmithKline, London, UK), which protects against HPV 16 and 18.

Protecting our patients from HPV and HPV-related diseases: the role of vaccines

Second, it called for all countries to replace tOPV with a bivalent vaccine containing only types 1 and 3 by 2016.

It isn't over until it's over

When they vaccinated mice with either the bivalent or monovalent vaccine (both with genetically identical human HA proteins), they found equal immune responses across the board.

New flu vaccine production could provide better protection against infection

This wide range of applications is due to its ability to form a physical hydrogel, when bivalent cations ([Me.