Low frequency of human papillomavirus detection in prostate tissue from individuals from Northern Brazil


Autoria(s): SILVESTRE, Rodrigo Vellasco Duarte; LEAL, Mariana Ferreira; DEMACHKI, Samia; NAHUM, Márcia Cristina de Souza; BERNARDES, Julio Guilherme Balieiro; RABENHORST, Silvia Helena Barem; SMITH, Marília de Arruda Cardoso; MELLO, Wyller Alencar de; GUIMARÃES, Adriana Costa; RODRÍGUEZ BURBANO, Rommel Mario
Data(s)

13/06/2011

13/06/2011

01/07/2009

Resumo

The presence of human papillomavirus (HPV) was evaluated in 65 samples of prostate tumours and six samples of prostates with benign prostatic hyperplasia from individuals from Northern Brazil. We used a highly sensitive test, the Linear Array HPV Genotyping Test, to detect 37 high and low-risk HPV types. In this study, only 3% of tumour samples showed HPV infection. Our findings support the conclusion that, despite the high incidence of HPV infection in the geographic regions studied, HPV was not associated with a higher risk of prostate cancer. To our knowledge, this is the first study evaluating the frequency of HPV detection in prostatic tissue of individuals from Brazil.

Identificador

SILVESTRE, Rodrigo Vellasco et al. Low frequency of human papillomavirus detection in prostate tissue from individuals from Northern Brazil. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, v. 104, n. 4, p. 665-667, jul. 2009. Disponível em: <http://www.scielo.br/pdf/mioc/v104n4/24.pdf>. Acesso em: 09 jun. 2011. <http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0074-02762009000400024>.

0074-0276

1678-8060

http://www.repositorio.ufpa.br:8080/jspui/handle/2011/2267

Idioma(s)

eng

Direitos

Open Access

Palavras-Chave #Papillomavírus humano #Neoplasias da próstata #Hiperplasia de próstata benigma
Tipo

article