. 2020 Jul 2;8(3):354. doi: 10.3390/vaccines8030354

Table 1.

Italian HPV vaccine schedules.

HPV Vaccine Formulation	Age (Females)	Doses	Schedule
Bivalent vaccine	9–14 *	2 doses	dose 1: 0 mo
	9–14 *	2 doses	dose 2: 5–7 mo
	over 14	3 doses	dose 1: 0 mo
			dose 2 ⁺: 1 mo
			dose 3 ⁺:6 mo
Quadrivalent vaccine	9–13 *	2 doses	dose 1: 0 mo
	9–13 *	2 doses	dose 2 ^{^}: 6 mo
	9–13 *	3 doses	dose 1: 0 mo
			dose 2 ^§: 2 mo
			dose 3 ^§: 6 mo
	14 and over	3 doses	dose 1: 0 mo
			dose 2 ^§: 2 mo
			dose 3 ^§: 6 mo
Nonavalent vaccine	9–14 *	2 doses	dose 1: 0 mo
	9–14 *	2 doses	dose 2 ^{^}: 5–13 mo
	9–14 *	3 doses	dose 1: 0 mo
			dose 2 ^§: 2 mo
			dose 3 ^§: 6 mo
	over 14	3 doses	dose 1: 0 mo
			dose 2 ^§: 2 mo
			dose 3 ^§: 6 mo

mo: month; * included; ⁺ the second dose should be administered 1 to 2.5 months after the first dose, the third dose 5 to 12 months after the first dose; ^{^} if the second dose is administered five months or earlier after the first dose, a third dose should always be administered; ^§ the second dose at least one month after the first dose and the third dose at least three months after the second dose; the three doses must be administered within one year.