PURPOSE: Global data on age-specific prevalence of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection
overall, and for high-risk HPV types 16 and 18, are essential for the future implementation of …

A review was carried out of papers published between 1996 and 2006, documenting the
introduction of highly active anti-retroviral therapy (HAART) in Brazil. Papers indexed in the …

Cervical cancer is an important public health problem in many developing countries, where
cytology screening has been ineffective. We compared four tests to identify the most …

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the association between invasive Cervical Cancer (CC) and high
risk Human Papilloma Virus (HR-HPV)(viral load and type 16), along with other …

Background The association of human papillomavirus (HPV) with cervical cancer is well
established. Aim To investigate HPV genotype distribution and co-infection occurrence in …

The development of effective strategies against cervical cancer in Africa requires accurate
type specific data on human papillomavirus (HPV) prevalence, including determination of …

Background: To evaluate the prevalence of human papilloma virus (HPV) infection and
types in the oral and cervix mucosa of treatment‐naïve HIV‐1‐positive women with CD4 …

Papillomaviruses are small, non-enveloped, epitheliotropic, double-stranded DNA viruses
that infect mucosal and cutaneous epithelia in a wide variety of higher vertebrates in a …

A cohort of 458 HIV-positive women under antiretroviral therapy has been followed at a
reference hospital in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Most of them belong to impoverished social …

OBJECTIVE: HIV+ pregnant women are at a higher risk of HPV infection and development of
cervical cancer. Our objectives were to assess the prevalence and HPV types in HIV+ …