Article
High-risk papillomavirus infection among women living with human Immunodeficiency virus: Brazilian multicentric study.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Dec 2017
Miranda Angelica E, Silveira Mariangela F, Travassos Ana G, Tenório Teresinha, Val Isabel C C, Lannoy Leonor, Mattos Junior Hortensio S, Carvalho Newton S
Abstract excerpt
Cervical cancer is an important health issue in Latin America. Although HPV infections can have spontaneous clearance, persistence of high-risk (HR) HPV is a risk factor for cervical cancer among women and it is even higher in HIV-infected women. To determine the prevalence of HR-HPV and risk factors among HIV-infected women attending reference services for HIV/AIDS in different regions of Brazil. Cross-sectional...
Topics
- Adult
- Brazil
- Coinfection
- Cross-Sectional Studies
- Female
- Genotype
- HIV Infections
- HIV-1
- Human papillomavirus 16
- Human papillomavirus 18
- Humans
- Middle Aged
- Papillomavirus Infections