<strong>Introdução</strong>: a microbiota da região genital feminina pode sofrer alterações ocasionando patologias, como as vaginoses bacterianas (VB). A VB tem como principal sintoma o corrimento vaginal, de coloração branca ou acinzentada com odor desagradável. Devido as grandes complicações que essa doença ocasiona, como infertilidade, abortamentos e o aumento do risco de adquirir HIV, ela é considerada um grave problema de saúde pública. <strong>Objetivo</strong>: verificar a prevalência de vaginoses bacterianas em pacientes que realizaram bacterioscopia de secreção vaginal em um laboratório particular de Aracaju, em Sergipe. <strong>Metodologia</strong>: trata-se de um estudo do tipo documental, retrospectivo e transversal, com base na análise dos protocolos de identificação das mulheres que realizaram bacterioscopia de secreção vaginal, no período de janeiro a dezembro de 2017. <strong>Resultados</strong>: foram analisados 434 protocolos, sendo que 80 (18,4%) das amostras foram positivas para VB e 354 (81,6%) negativas. Nas positivas, o agente infeccioso mais prevalente foi a <em>Candida sp.</em> (56,3%), depois <em>Gardnerella vaginallis</em> (35%) e ainda houve coinfeccção (8,7%). Na faixa etária<strong>, </strong>a prevalência maior foi observada no grupo por menores que 20 anos (9,66%). Dentre os sintomas, o corrimento foi mais frequente (28,75%). No estudo foi descrito utilização do DIU pelas mulheres (1,25%). <strong>Conclusão: </strong>nota-se um problema de saúde da mulher referente as VB, o qual deve ter um maior controle e regressão da sua prevalência. Faz-se necessário investimentos em políticas públicas, na saúde, voltadas a avaliação dos comportamentos de riscos, afim de promover uma prevenção das infecções vaginais, visando a redução dos agravos.
Fig tree (Ficus carica L., Moraceae), which originated in the Mediterranean Basin, is one of the many fruit trees grown in Brazil, with ‘Roxo-de-Valinhos’ being the exclusively used cultivar. In this context, research aimed at the improvement of this species to develop highly resistant and adaptable cultivars is paramount. Thus, the present study aimed to maintain fig accessions in an in vivo active germplasm bank (AGB) at the Faculty of Engineering of Ilha Solteira (FEIS), São Paulo State University (UNESP), as well as to characterize the agronomic traits of these accessions based on quantitative descriptors of genetic parameters and observe gains with the selection of specific genotypes to illustrate the AGB in terms of genetic variability. A total of 36 F. carica genotypes were evaluated in the field at the Teaching, Research and Extension Farm (FEPE) of the FEIS, UNESP. Qualitative traits, fruit parameters (e.g., insertion of the first fruit, fruit stalk length, fruit length, fruit diameter, and average fruit mass), and accumulated plant dry mass were measured. In addition, genetic parameters, variance components, and descriptive statistics, including genetic and environmental variances, heritability and average heritability of clones, coefficients of genotypic and environmental variation and their ratio ( ), general average, and selection gain, were evaluated. The selected fig tree accessions showed genetic variability in the assessed traits, exhibiting good heritability and achieving selection gains. For instance, the first 10 classified clones exhibited a heritability of 80.2% and achieved a selection gain of 98% for accumulated plant dry mass. Therefore, the maintenance of in vivo AGBs allows agronomic studies, offering promising results for continuing the breeding programs and preserving the genetic variability of species.
Background: This study determined the prevalence of HPV infection in men and women in north-east Croatia and the association between high-risk HPV genotypes with age, sex and behavioral risk factors.Methods: From December 2007 to December 2011, 2521 clinical specimens (436 urethral swabs from men and 2085 cervical swabs) collected in the Osijek-Baranya County Institute of Public Health and gynecologist's offices from symptomatic patients were tested for high-risk HPV infection using the AMPLICOR HPV test (Roche Diagnostics). Subsequently, 301 HR HPV-positive samples were genotyped by the Linear Array HPV Genotyping Test (Roche Diagnostics).Results: High-risk HPV infection was significantly more prevalent in women than in men of all age groups (52% vs. 31%); its highest prevalence was found in 21-25 year-old women (62%) and 25-30 year-old men (26%). The most common high-risk HPV genotype was HPV 16 (18.8%) followed by HPVs 51, 31, 52, 39, 66, 6, 16, 62, 33, 58, 45 and 56. Multiple HPV infection was detected in 46.2% of all high-risk HPV-positive subjects (139 out of 301). Unmarried status, >1 sexual partner in the past year, active smoking and cervical neoplasia positively correlated with HPV infection. When compared to neighbouring European countries, HPV subtype 52 was more prevalent in our population (6.1% vs 1.4-5%) while HPV 18 was significantly lower (3.8% vs 5-30%).Conclusion: In conclusion, this study showed unexpectedly high HPV prevalence in the young population of north-east Croatia. For this reason, mass vaccination against HPVs of young women and men in north-east Croatia is highly recommended. http://dx.
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