| human papillomavirus (hpv) detection and papanicolaou cytology in low-resource women in posadas city, misiones, argentina. | the objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of hpv infection and cervical lesions present in women who attended a health center in a low-resource area of the city of posadas, misiones, argentina. cervical cell samples (n = 163) were processed for papanicolaou cytology and hpv-pcr tests. socio-cultural risk factors were estimated using the odds ratio (or, ci 95 %). cervical lesions were detected in 14.7 % of women. the general prevalence of hpv infection was of 38 %. the most comm ... | 2011 | 22274823 |