[Vaccination against human papilloma virus: a Chilean experience at primary health care centers].

Rev Chilena Infectol

Departamento de Salud Municipal, Quillota, Chile.

Published: December 2012

We describe the only experience of vaccination against human papillomavirus (HPV) within the Chilean Public Health System, it was carried out in the Primary Health Care Centers of Quillota since 2011 in adolescents girls.

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