| [risk factors for cancer of the uterine cervix in propriá, sergipe, brazil]. | cervical cancer is highly incident in poor regions of developing countries. it is related to lifestyle factors that lead to human papillomavirus (hpv) infection. the aim of the study was to assess which factors are important in the development of hpv infection and consequent cervical cancer in the community of propriá, sergipe, brazil. to analyze the risk factors related to cervical cancer, a case-control study was performed, matching cases and controls for age, place of residence, and socioecon ... | 2006 | 16951887 |
| high prevalence of human papillomavirus (hpv) in oral mucosal lesions of patients at the ambulatory of oral diagnosis of the federal university of sergipe, northeastern brazil. | the aim of this study was to evaluate the frequency of hpv infection and its genotypes in patients with oral lesions at the ambulatory of oral diagnosis of the federal university of sergipe, brazil. | 2017 | 28198978 |
| novel e6 and e7 oncogenes variants of human papillomavirus type 31 in brazilian women with abnormal cervical cytology. | hpv-31 has been widely described as an important oncogenic type, showing high incidence in worldwide and especially in northeastern brazil. we sought to identify the presence of specific mutations in hpv-31 e6 and e7 oncogenes in women with abnormal cervical smear. we enrolled 150 gynecological patients from sergipe state, northeastern brazil. hpv screening was carried out by polymerase chain reaction (my09/11). e6 and e7 oncogenes were amplified with specific primers and sequenced. the sequence ... | 2013 | 23403356 |