Human papillomavirus genotypes and their prevalence in a cohort of women in Trinidad Genotipos del papilomavirus humano y su prevalencia en una cohorte de mujeres en Trinidad

• Main Authors: Glennis M. Andall-Brereton, Felicia Hosein, Rosa A. Salas, Wayne Mohammed, Michele A. Monteil, Vanessa Goleski, Alberto Severini, Sarah M. M. Quesnel, Christine V. F. Carrington, Laura Lee Boodram, Eldonna Boisson, Patrick E. Akpaka, Rosemarie C. Paul
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Spanish; Portuguese
• Published: Pan American Health Organization 2011
• Subjects: Prevención de cáncer de cuello uterino; papillomaviridae; prevalencia; Caribe; Trinidad y Tobago; Cervix neoplasms; prevention; prevalence; Caribbean; Trinidad and Tobago; Medicine; R; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Trinidad
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/fefb6afc0b4d4375a84719f8a34b996e

OBJECTIVE: Human papillomavirus (HPV) genotypes and their relative prevalences were determined in a cohort of 310 sexually active women in Trinidad, West Indies. METHODS: Cervical samples were collected with Ayre's spatulas and endocervical brushes. Samples were used for the conventional Papani...