Vaginal Microbiota and HPV in Latin America: A Narrative Review

Tosado-Rodríguez, Eduardo; Alvarado-Vélez, Ian; Romaguera, Josefina; Godoy-Vitorino, Filipa

doi:10.3390/microorganisms12030619

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Vaginal Microbiota and HPV in Latin America: A Narrative Review

by

Eduardo Tosado-Rodríguez

^1,†

,

Ian Alvarado-Vélez

^2,†,

Josefina Romaguera

²

and

Filipa Godoy-Vitorino

^1,*

¹

Department of Microbiology and Medical Zoology, Medical Sciences Campus, University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, San Juan 00935, Puerto Rico

²

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical Sciences Campus, University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, San Juan 00935, Puerto Rico

^*

Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.

^†

These authors contributed equally to this work.

Microorganisms 2024, 12(3), 619; https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms12030619

Submission received: 15 February 2024 / Revised: 13 March 2024 / Accepted: 15 March 2024 / Published: 20 March 2024

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Vaginal Microbiome in Women's Health)

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Abstract

With the expansion of human microbiome studies in the last 15 years, we have realized the immense implications of microbes in human health. The human holobiont is now accepted, given the commensal relationships with bacteria, fungi, parasites, viruses, and human cells. The cervicovaginal microbiota is a specific case within the human microbiome where diversity is lower to maintain a chemical barrier of protection against infections. This narrative review focuses on the vaginal microbiome. It summarizes key findings on how native bacteria protect women from disease or predispose them to damaging inflammatory processes with an emphasis on the role of HPV infections in Latin America, one of the world’s regions with the highest cervical cancer prevalence.

Keywords: microbiota; vagina; HPV; cancer; dysbiosis

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Tosado-Rodríguez, E.; Alvarado-Vélez, I.; Romaguera, J.; Godoy-Vitorino, F. Vaginal Microbiota and HPV in Latin America: A Narrative Review. Microorganisms 2024, 12, 619. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms12030619

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Tosado-Rodríguez E, Alvarado-Vélez I, Romaguera J, Godoy-Vitorino F. Vaginal Microbiota and HPV in Latin America: A Narrative Review. Microorganisms. 2024; 12(3):619. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms12030619

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Tosado-Rodríguez, Eduardo, Ian Alvarado-Vélez, Josefina Romaguera, and Filipa Godoy-Vitorino. 2024. "Vaginal Microbiota and HPV in Latin America: A Narrative Review" Microorganisms 12, no. 3: 619. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms12030619

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Tosado-Rodríguez, E., Alvarado-Vélez, I., Romaguera, J., & Godoy-Vitorino, F. (2024). Vaginal Microbiota and HPV in Latin America: A Narrative Review. Microorganisms, 12(3), 619. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms12030619

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