Prevalence of Human Papillomavirus Infection and Cervical Cancer Screening among Riverside Women of the Brazilian Amazon

• Main Authors: Daniel Valim Duarte (Author), Rodrigo Covre Vieira (Author), Elza Baía de Brito (Author), Maria da Conceição Nascimento Pinheiro (Author), Jeniffer do Socorro Valente Monteiro (Author), Mário Diego Rocha Valente (Author), Edna Aoba Yassui Ishikawa (Author), Hellen Thais Fuzii (Author), Maísa Silva de Sousa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Federação Brasileira das Sociedades de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia, 2017-07-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Purpose The aim of this study was to evaluate the overall and type-specific prevalence of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection among females living in riverside communities in the state of Pará, in the Eastern Brazilian Amazon. These communities are inhabited by low-income people, and are...