“…Other methods maybe be less sensitive, consistent with the lower prevalences reported for Latin America and Caribbean region in high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (41–67%) ( Parkin et al, 2008 ). High HPV prevalence ranging from 30 to 50% have been reported for other high-risk Latin American countries, using the same genotyping method SPF 25 /LiPA 10 , including anal specimens in Costa Rica ( Castro et al, 2012 ), and vaginal specimens in Surinam ( Geraets et al, 2014 ), as well as for Nigeria ( Adebamowo et al, 2017 ), Turkey ( Barut et al, 2018 ), and Italy ( Carozzi et al, 2018 ). The very high prevalence found in our study may reflect the high-risk patients from the San Juan Municipality, known to have rising cervical cancer diagnoses ( Registro Central De Cáncer De Puerto Rico, 2017 ).…”