Which of the following statements is/are correct regarding the National HPV Vaccination Programme?

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Accepted Answer

A. 1 only — Statement 1 is correct as the programme uses a quadrivalent HPV vaccine targeting adolescent girls to prevent cervical cancer. Statement 2 is incorrect because the HPV vaccine is a recombinant DNA vaccine using Virus-Like Particles (VLPs), not an attenuated live virus.

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