Working Conditions and Health of Prison Officers in Paraná (Brazil).

Objectives: This cross-sectional study was carried out to identify the associations between working and health conditions among prison officers at a state prison in Paraná, Brazil.

Material And Method: A proportional and stratified random sample of 125 individuals was used. The participants, who were not identified, completed a self-administered questionnaire.

Prevalence of HPV and associated factors in a population of women living in southern Brazil.

Objective: To determine the prevalence of HPV and investigate factors associated with the infection in women in the city of Francisco Beltrão, southwest Paraná, attending the public health system.

Methods: This cross-sectional study included 324 women, aged between 18 and 65 years, who were attending public health services for routine gynecological consultation. Interviews were conducted to obtain information about socioeconomic, sexual, gynecological, and life habits.

University Students' Knowledge about the Relation between Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and Head and Neck and Oral Cancers.

Introduction: Human papillomavirus (HPV) causes the most common sexually transmitted infection (STI) in the world. It affects people regardless of gender and age, causing genital warts and cancer.

Objective: To evaluate university students' knowledge of HPV and its relationship with head and neck and oral cancers.

GSTT1 and GSTM1 polymorphisms with human papillomavirus infection in women from southern Brazil: a case-control study.

Background: Important risk factors for the most common sexually transmitted infection (STI) in the world, human papillomavirus (HPV), include early sexual activity, use of contraceptives, tobacco smoking, and immunological and genetic factors. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between GSTM1 and GSTT1 polymorphisms and HPV infection and associated risk factors in a group of women assisted in the public health system of southwestern Paraná, Brazil.

Methods And Results: A case-control study was designed with 21 women with HPV matched by age in the case group and 84 women without the virus in the control group.

Genetic, antimicrobial resistance profile andmortality rates of Acinetobacter baumanniiinfection in Brazil: A systematic reviewMirian.

The increase of multidrug-resistant bacteria - including ( has been reported globally. The aim of this systematic review was to determine the risk factors of infection, its resistance profile, reservoirs and mortality rates in Brazil. Data from over 3,000 patients were included.