title: [Prevalence of human papillomavirus (HPV) in Belém, Pará State, Brazil, in the oral cavity of individuals without clinically diagnosable injuries].
abstract: This cross-sectional study aimed to determine HPV prevalence in the oral cavity of individuals without clinically diagnosable lesions and to identify the respective HPV types. A total of 166 samples were analyzed from patients 18 years or older in the State of Pará, Brazil. Samples were collected by sterile brush scraping in the oral cavity. HPV detection used polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Infected samples were typed as HPV 6, 11, 16, 18, 31, 33, 35, 52, and 58. HPV was present in 40 samples (24.1%). Three samples (7.5%) were positive for HPV 6, five (12.5%) for HPV 18, and one (2.5%) for HPV 58.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Brasil.
authors.forename: Marizeli Viana de Aragão
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Araújo
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Brasil.
authors.forename: Helder Henrique Costa
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Pinheiro
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Brasil.
authors.forename: João de Jesus Viana
authors.initials: Jde J
authors.lastname: Pinheiro
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Brasil.
authors.forename: Juarez Antônio Simões
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Quaresma
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Brasil.
authors.forename: Hellen Thais
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Fuzii
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Brasil.
authors.forename: Rita Catarina
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Medeiros
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D027383:Papillomaviridae / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D030361:Papillomavirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D015995:Prevalence; D055815:Young Adult