A vaccine used to prevent infection with the two types of human papillomavirus (HPV) that most often cause cancers of the cervix and lesions of the cervix that may become cervical cancer. Recombinant human papillomavirus bivalent vaccine may also prevent other HPV-related cancers. Recombinant human papillomavirus bivalent vaccine is no longer available in the United States, but it is still used in other countries. Also called Cervarix.
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