Prevalence of HPV and associated factors in a population of women living in southern Brazil.

Ana Paula Reolon Bortolli Indianara Carlotto Treco Valquíria Kulig Vieira Claudicéia Risso Pascotto Lirane Elize Defante Ferreto Guilherme Welter Wendt Léia Carolina Lucio

Published in: Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology] (2022)

The main finding was low prevalence of HPV infection. Factors that may be linked to HPV infection were cervical alterations, recent vaginal infection, and women's ethnicity.

Keyphrases

cervical cancer screening
high grade
polycystic ovary syndrome
risk factors
pregnancy outcomes
type diabetes
metabolic syndrome