HPV Infection and Cervical Screening in Socially Isolated Indigenous Women Inhabitants of the Amazonian Rainforest

Allex Jardim Fonseca; Daniela Taeko; Thiciane Araújo Chaves; Lucia Dayanny da Costa Amorim; Raisa Saron Wanderley Murari; Angélica Espinosa Miranda; Zigui Chen; Robert David Burk; Luiz Carlos Lima Ferreira

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0133635

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HPV Infection and Cervical Screening in Socially Isolated Indigenous Women Inhabitants of the Amazonian Rainforest

Allex Jardim Fonseca ,

* E-mail: allex.j.fonseca@gmail.com

Affiliations Postgraduate Program in Tropical Medicine, Tropical Medicine Foundation Dr. Heitor Vieira Dourado, Universidade do Estado do Amazonas, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, Department of Health Sciences Research, Universidade Federal de Roraima, Boa Vista, Brazil
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Daniela Taeko,

Affiliation Department of Health Sciences Research, Universidade Federal de Roraima, Boa Vista, Brazil
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Thiciane Araújo Chaves,

Affiliation Department of Health Sciences Research, Universidade Federal de Roraima, Boa Vista, Brazil
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Lucia Dayanny da Costa Amorim,

Affiliation Department of Health Sciences Research, Universidade Federal de Roraima, Boa Vista, Brazil
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Raisa Saron Wanderley Murari,

Affiliation Department of Health Sciences Research, Universidade Federal de Roraima, Boa Vista, Brazil
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Angélica Espinosa Miranda,

Affiliation Center for Infectious Diseases, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Maruípe, Vitoria, Brazil
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Zigui Chen,

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, United States of America
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Robert David Burk ,

¶‡ These authors are co-senior authors on this work.

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, United States of America, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology & Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, United States of America, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Women’s Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, United States of America
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Luiz Carlos Lima Ferreira

¶‡ These authors are co-senior authors on this work.

Affiliation Department of Tropical Pathology, Tropical Medicine Foundation Dr. Heitor Vieira Dourado, Universidade do Estado do Amazonas, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
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HPV Infection and Cervical Screening in Socially Isolated Indigenous Women Inhabitants of the Amazonian Rainforest

Allex Jardim Fonseca,
Daniela Taeko,
Thiciane Araújo Chaves,
Lucia Dayanny da Costa Amorim,
Raisa Saron Wanderley Murari,
Angélica Espinosa Miranda,
Zigui Chen,
Robert David Burk,
Luiz Carlos Lima Ferreira

Published: July 24, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0133635

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