Publications by authors named "Ilka Kassandra Pereira Belfort"
Neutrophil/lymphocyte and platelet/lymphocyte ratio in seropositive women for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and human papillomavirus (HPV) coinfection.
Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo
December 2024
This study aims to investigate the possible association between neutrophil/lymphocyte and platelet/lymphocyte ratio in women with HIV, undergoing antiretroviral treatment, with HPV coinfection. This is a cross-sectional study with HIV positive women; their biological samples were collected for laboratory tests (complete blood count) and oncotic cytology for detection of HPV DNA, by PCR-Nested (PGMY and GP primers). Viral load and CD4 and CD8 T-cells counts were obtained from medical records.
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- The study aimed to assess the lipid profiles and atherogenic indexes in HIV-positive women based on whether they also had a human papillomavirus (HPV) coinfection.
- A total of 82 women aged 35-49 participated, with 50% having HIV/HPV coinfection, and dyslipidemia was found to be a common issue (46.3%).
- Significant differences in cholesterol levels and atherogenic indexes were observed between the two groups, suggesting a possible interaction between HIV and HPV that affects lipid metabolism, but more research is needed to confirm these findings.
Trichomonas vaginalis as a risk factor for human papillomavirus: a study with women undergoing cervical cancer screening in a northeast region of Brazil.
BMC Womens Health
April 2021
Background: Human papillomavirus (HPV) and Trichomonas vaginalis (TV) infections are the most common sexually transmitted infections (STIs) globally. The latter has contributed to a variety of adverse outcomes for both sexes. Moreover, in Brazil, epidemiological studies on patients with STIs are limited.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFand Its Association with Other Sexually Transmitted Coinfection among Sexually Active Women from the Northeast of Brazil.
Interdiscip Perspect Infect Dis
October 2020
Objective: To verify the association between HPV infection and the presence of coinfections (, , and ) in women in the state of Maranhão.
Methods: HPV-DNA detection was performed by the nested PCR, using the primers PGMY09/11 and GP + 5/GP + 6. For the identification of sexually transmitted agents, conventional PCR was performed using the following primers: KL1/KL2 (), TVA5/TVA6 (), and HO1/HO3 ().