Cervico-vaginal self-collection in HIV-infected and uninfected women from Tapajos region, Amazon, Brazil: High acceptability, hrHPV diversity and risk factors.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We evaluated acceptability of cervico-vaginal self-collection (CVSC) and prevalence of human papillomavirus (HPV) in Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected and HIV-uninfected women living in the Tapajós region, Amazon, Brazil.

Methods

Cross-sectional study recruited 153 non-indigenous women (HIV-uninfected, n = 112 and HIV-infected, n = 41) who voluntarily sought assistance in health services. Peripheral blood for HIV screening and cervical scraping (CS) for HPV detection were collected. Women who accepted to perform CVSC received instructions and individual collection kits. Risk factors for high-risk HPV genotypes (hrHPV) were identified by uni- and multivariate analyses.

Results

The overall acceptability of CVSC was 87%. Only HIV-infected women had cy

SUBMITTER: Rodrigues LLS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6151287 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature