2016
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-011884
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Prevalence of papillomavirus in Brazil: a systematic review protocol

Abstract: IntroductionHuman papillomavirus (HPV) infection is a cause of premalignant and malignant cancer in the lower genital and digestive tracts. In Brazil, there have been no prevalence studies that included a nationwide sample, and the prevalence of HPV has not been determined in many regions.MethodsWe will search the EMBASE, LILACS, MEDLINE, Web of Science and SciELO databases and previously published review articles to identify original research articles assessing HPV prevalence of the perineal (cervical, penile… Show more

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“…We show a high prevalence of HPV in cervical tumor samples of women resident in the Northeast of Brazil. HPV 16 and 18 were the most common subtypes, similar to other studies carried out in Brazil (14)(15)(16)(17).…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 88%
“…We show a high prevalence of HPV in cervical tumor samples of women resident in the Northeast of Brazil. HPV 16 and 18 were the most common subtypes, similar to other studies carried out in Brazil (14)(15)(16)(17).…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 88%
“…This review has been registered on PROSPERO under protocol number CRD42016032751. This protocol has also been published in a peer reviewed open access journal [10].…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…We performed the search of the following databases through December 28, 2018 [10]: EMBASE, LILACS, MEDLINE, Web of Science and SciELO using terms as "human papillomavirus", "HPV", "prevalence" and "Brazil" (S1 Appendix); we also scanned the reference lists of identified publications for additional studies. Brazilian specialists in the field were contacted to identify unpublished and ongoing studies and we used the website "bancodeteses.capes.gov.…”
Section: Searchmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The most common benign genital HPV infection is genital warts, caused in about 90% of the cases by nononcogenic HPV types such as 6 and 11. HPV infection is detected for more than 90% of the cases of cervical cancer [3,4].…”
Section: Epidemiologymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The prevalence of HPV infection is estimated currently at 10-15%, with substantial regional variation [4]. The most common benign genital HPV infection is genital warts, caused in about 90% of the cases by nononcogenic HPV types such as 6 and 11.…”
Section: Epidemiologymentioning
confidence: 99%