Title
Virus of Human Papiloma: a problem of public health in Venezuela
Abstract
An investigation, made by Dra. Maria Correnti and her collaborators, reported
variable existence HPV in the different zones from Venezuela (Metropolitan,
Western and Eastern), in 2001. An important finding of this work, was the detection
of the main genotype circulating in this Latin American country: HPV type 16,
which is one of greater cancer potential. In an analysis of the studied female
population, these investigators found a high existence of HPV of high cancer
risk (70%) and associated of LIEbg and LIEag.
Currently, this document offers the results thrown by a new investigation about
HPV, that had as base a group of students, whose age average was 25-years-old
(rank of 16-35 years-old), patients of Obstetrics and Gynecology Service of
Students Well-being Organization of Venezuelan Central University.
Key words
Human Papilloma Virus - Cervix Cancer - Papanicolaou Classification - Bethesda
System
| Agradecimientos A todos nuestros pacientes por haber dado su consentimiento para participar en la pesquisa de VPH. Al Laboratorio CITOMED por su apoyo incondicional. Al Fondo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (FONACIT) S1-2000000643 y Vicerrectorado Académico de la Universidad Central de Venezuela, por brindar los recursos económicos para la realización de estas investigaciones. |
