title: Amerindian women of the Brazilian Amazon and STD.
abstract: Papanicolaou tests, PCR for HPV, C. trachomatis, HSV-1/2 and N. gonorrhoea, and Hybrid Capture II were performed for high- and low-risk HPV groups during screening for cervical cancer in 49 women of the Parakana tribe. Cytological diagnoses of HPV were suggested in three samples: PCR showed 12 (22.4%) cases of DNA positive HPV, 16 (1), 18 (2), 58 (3), 39 (1), 61 (1), 33 (1), 35 (1), unknown (2), and HCII analyzed 48 samples: 19 positive (39.58%) for the high-risk group and four (18.33%) for the low-risk group. The prevalence of HPV was 42.85% (p = 0.001) by molecular biology methods. The largest viral load was 1588.11 pg/ml for HPV 39 in a 16-year-old. PCR was positive for C. trachomatis and negative for HSV-1/2 and N. gonorrhoea. Parakana women present a high risk for the development of cervical cancer.
authors.affiliation: Pathology Department, UNIFESP, Center for Tropical Medicine, UFPA, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: E B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Brito
authors.forename: I D C
authors.initials: ID
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: J N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Stávale
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Taromaru
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Menezess
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Martins
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology; D002690:Chlamydia Infections / Q000208:ethnology; D002692:Chlamydia trachomatis; D005260:Female; D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000208:ethnology; D006801:Humans; D007199:Indians, South American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008875:Middle Aged; D027383:Papillomaviridae; D030361:Papillomavirus Infections / Q000208:ethnology; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000208:ethnology*