Human papillomavirus: prevalence and factors associated in women prisoners population from the Eastern Brazilian Amazon.
This study aimed to examine the prevalence of human papillomavirus (HPV) and the associated factors among female prisoners in Ananindeua City, State of Pará, Brazil. In 2010, 190 cervical samples were obtained, and Pap smear and polymerase chain reaction (GE Health Care™, Uppsala, Sweden) were performed. Additionally, a questionnaire was used. The prevalence of HPV was 10.5%, and the presence of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade I (n = 33, 17.5%; P < 0.1) was associated with HPV infection. The presence of low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions was greater in women with HPV than in those without HPV infection, indicating that HPV infection is a risk factor for such injuries and that viral screening and prevention are extremely important in public health among female prisoners in Amazon.
Federal University of Pará, Belém, Pará, Brazil.
Sylvia Regina Vasconcellos
SR
de Aguiar
Fabiola Elizabeth
FE
Villanova
Luisa Carício
LC
Martins
Milena Silva
MS
dos Santos
Juliana de Paula
Jde P
Maciel
Luiz Fábio Magno
LF
Falcão
Hellen Thais
HT
Fuzii
Juarez Antônio Simões
JA
Quaresma
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D027383:Papillomaviridae / Q000235:genetics; D030361:Papillomavirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D015995:Prevalence; D011329:Prisoners; D012307:Risk Factors; D055815:Young Adult; D002578:Uterine Cervical Dysplasia / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology
Amazon; epidemiology; human papillomavirus; prisoners