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| Levi,José E.; Fink,Maria C.S.; Canto,Cynthia L.M.; Carretiero,Nadily; Matsubara,Regina; Linhares,Iara; Dores,Gérson B. das; Castelo,Adauto; Segurado,Aluísio; Uip,David E.; Eluf Neto,José. |
| HIV-infected women from São Paulo city were enrolled in a cross-sectional study on Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) prevalence and their association with laboratory markers of AIDS, namely HIV viral load and CD4+ cell counts. A cervical specimen was collected and submitted to Hybrid Capture, a test for HPV viral load determination. HPV-DNA was detected in 173 of 265 women (64.5%). Twenty (7.5%) women were infected by one or more low-risk viruses, 89 (33%) by one or more high-risk viruses, and 64 (24%) harbored at least one HPV type from each risk group. Abnormal smears were observed in 19% of the patients, though there were no invasive carcinomas. Severely immunosuppressed patients (CD4/µL <100) were at the... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Human Papillomavirus; Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia; HIV-infected women; Viral load; AIDS. |
| Ano: 2002 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702002000300005 |
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