Prevalence of human papillomavirus infection, distribution of viral types and risk factors in cervical samples from human immunodeficiency virus-positive women attending three human immunodeficiency virus-acquired immune deficiency syndrome reference centres in northeastern Brazil

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive patients have a greater prevalence of coinfection with human papillomavirus (HPV) is of high oncogenic risk. Indeed, the presence of the virus favours intraepithelial squamous cell lesion progression and may induce cancer. The aim of this study was to eval...

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Main Authors: Albert Eduardo Silva Martins, Norma Lucena-Silva, Renan Gomes Garcia, Stefan Welkovic, Aureliana Barboza, Maria Luiza Bezerra Menezes, Magda Maruza, Terezinha Tenório, Ricardo AA Ximenes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2014-09-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762014000600738&lng=en&tlng=en