The human papilomavírus (HPV) is the cause of the most common sexually transmitted infection in the world and is recognized as the main causative agent of cervical cancer, but little is known about the prevalence of this virus in isolated communities in the Amazon. We aimed in this study to identify among women in riverside communities of several municipalities in the state of Pará - Brazil, the general and specific prevalence of HPV infection and HPV types 16 and 18, building an epidemiological profile of women positive for the virus and these types. Between February and December 2008, cervical samples riverside women were collected on active serach for the Pap smear testing. In these samples, molecular analysis of HPV were performed by conventional polymerase chain reaction (PCR) followed by real-time PCR to diagnose types 16 and 18. Of the 353 samples tested, 58 (16.4%) were positive for HPV , of these 8 (2,3%) were identified positive for type 16 and 5 (1,4 %) were positive for type 18 with one case of infection by both types investigated . Women under 16 years had 34.6 % prevalence had rate and women between 52 and 66 years rate of 29.8 % (p=0.003), women who reported having only one fixed sexual partner had lower prevalence of viral infection (11,8%) (p<0,001). There was a relative increase in viral presence in accordance with the severity cytological shown (p = 0.026). There was no statistical association between viral types 16 and 18 with the variables investigated. The presence of HPV and its most associated with cervical cancer types highlights the importance of specific actions aimed at the prevention, transmission and screening of lesions related to this virus in the river communities of the target municipalities.
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