ArticleBMC women's health2018
Prevalence of human papillomavirus infection among women from quilombo communities in northeastern Brazil.
Article in BMC women's health, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 61 citations in OpenAlex.
- Worldwide burden of cervical human papillomavirus (HPV) in women over 50 years with abnormal cytology: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ global health · 2025Pooled it
- Prevalence of herpesvirus, polyomavirus, and respiratory viruses in saliva from a Quilombola community in the Brazilian Amazon.Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology] · 2026Article
- Cervical Cancer, HPV, and HPV Vaccine Knowledge and Willingness to be Vaccinated Among Adolescent Girls in Dhaka, Bangladesh: A Cross-Sectional Study.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Impact of health education on knowledge and perception of cervical cancer and screening among rural women in Bangladesh.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Epidemiology of high-risk human papillomavirus among women of the north-central region of Ecuador: a retrospective study.Infectious agents and cancer · 2025Article
- Factors associated with human papillomavirus infections among women living with HIV in public health facilities in Western Oromia, Ethiopia.BMC women's health · 2024Article
- Addressing the burden of cervical cancer for Indigenous women in Latin America and the Caribbean: a call for action.Frontiers in public health · 2024Review
- Assessment of the barriers towards menstrual hygiene management: evidence from a qualitative study among school communities: lessons from Bahir Dar city in northwest Ethiopia.Frontiers in reproductive health · 2024Article
- "Discrimination is harder to live with than the disease": an interview study of the perceptions and experiences of sexual and reproductive health and rights among women living with HIV in Sweden.Sexual and reproductive health matters · 2023Article
- Prevalence of high-risk human papillomavirus infection and associated factors among women of reproductive age attending a rural teaching hospital in western Uganda.BMC women's health · 2023Article
- Frequency of human papilomavirus and associated factors in gypsy and quilombola women : Human papillomavirus in gypsy and quilombola women.BMC women's health · 2023Article
- Prevalence, Diversity, and Risk Factors for Cervical HPV Infection in Women Screened for Cervical Cancer in Belém, Pará, Northern Brazil.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- School and work absenteeism due to menstruation in three West African countries: findings from PMA2020 surveys.Sexual and reproductive health matters · 2021Article
- Viral load and high prevalence of HR-HPV52 and 58 types in black women from rural communities.BMC infectious diseases · 2021Article
- Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundHuman papillomavirus (HPV) is a member of the Papillomaviridae family. The prevalence of HPV genotypes may vary according to the region and the population studied. Quilombo communities are ethnic and racial groups with difficult access to health services compared to the general population in Brazil. The aim of this study was to identify specific HPV types correlating with sociodemographic/behavioral characteristics and cervical smear cytological abnormalities in Quilombola women.
methodsThis cross-sectional study included 395 Quilombola women users of the Unified Health System of the Municipalities of Maranhão for the screening of cervical cancer. The samples were analyzed for the presence of cytological abnormalities by conventional methods and tested for 37 HPV genotypes using polymerase chain reaction with primers PGMY09/11 followed by reverse line blot hybridization performed with the Linear Array HPV Genotyping Test kit by Roche Molecular System®. The association between HPV types and cytological diagnosis was investigated according to the different age groups.
resultsHPV infection was detected in 12.6% (50/395) of the women. Infections by high-risk HPV types were more frequent. Genotypes 68 (26.0%); 58 and 52 (20.0%); 31 (10.0%) and 62 (8.0%) were the most prevalent. The highest prevalence (42.0%) of HPV infection occurred in women diagnosed with high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion. There was a statistically significant association between HPV infection and the detection of cytological abnormalities in all age groups except in women over 60 years. There was a statistically significant association between the municipality of origin and the number of partners with HPV infection.
conclusionsIt is important to incorporate new cervical cancer screening techniques incorporating the cervical-vaginal cytology. For further studies, it is necessary to determine the level of knowledge of Quilombola population on health-related issues including HPV infection and cervical cancer. This will contribute to the continuous improvement of healthcare coverage among the population and enhance the implementation of cancer care in the state of Maranhão.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.