| prevalence of human papillomavirus dna in female cervical lesions from rio de janeiro, brazil. | a hundred-sixty paraffin-embedded specimens from female cervical lesions were examined for human papillomavirus (hpv) types 6, 11, 16 and 18 infections by non-isotopic in situ hybridization. the data were compared with histologic diagnosis. eighty-eight (55%) biopsies contained hpv dna sequences. in low grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasias (cin i), hpv infection was detected in 78.7% of the cases, the benign hpv 6 was the most prevalent type. hpv dna was detected in 58% of cin ii and cin ii ... | 1994 | 8524058 |
| human papillomavirus infection in rio de janeiro, brazil: a retrospective study. | there is considerable data to support a central role for human papillomavirus (hpv) in the etiology of cervical cancer. more than a 100 hpv types have been described, and 40 have been isolated from benign and malignant genital lesions. consequently, there is strong motivation to evaluate hpv testing for cervical cancer screening. few studies concerning the natural history of hpv infection have been conducted in the state of rio de janeiro. we determined the prevalence of hpv types in female geni ... | 2006 | 16410891 |
| factors associated with increased prevalence of human papillomavirus infection in a cohort of hiv-infected brazilian women. | human papillomavirus (hpv) infection is a major risk factor for cervical disease. using baseline data from the hiv-infected cohort of evandro chagas clinical research institute at fiocruz, rio de janeiro, brazil, factors associated with an increased prevalence of hpv were assessed. | 2009 | 18632296 |