%0 Journal Article
%T Infecci¨®n por virus del papiloma humano (VPH) en una poblaci¨®n ind¨ªgena del Amazonas venezolano.
%A Graciela Nicita
%A Aldo Reigosa
%A Jos¨¦ Torres
%A Carmen V¨¢zquez
%J Salus Online
%D 2010
%I Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Carabobo
%X Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection in an indigenous population of theVenezuelan Amazon.Uterine cervix cancer (UCC) constitutes a public health problem around the world. In Venezuela, itrepresents the second cause of death from cancer in women of reproductive age. Epidemiological studieshave identified a close relationship between UCC and human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, whichnowadays constitutes the most prevalent sexually transmitted disease world-wide. Previous studies havereported HPV lesions in indigenous populations of Brazilian and Bolivian South American Amazon in upto 29% of women. The aim of this study was to determine the presence of HPV infection and, at the sametime, perform UCC screening through conventional cytology in Venezuela¡¯s Amazonas State. The studyincluded 57 women from the Yekwana, Piaroa and Arawaco ethnic groups, from the High OrinocoMunicipality. DNA associated to HPV was found in 35.09% of the sample studied, 45% showed DNAsequences of HPV-16 and HPV-33 (high risk), and 55% for the low-risk types (HPV-6 and HPV-11). Inconclusion, a significant percentage of the indigenous population from Amazonas State in Venezuela hasan elevated risk to develop UCC.
%K HPV
%K uterine cervix cancer
%K indigenous population
%K Amazon
%U http://salus-online.fcs.uc.edu.ve/vph_indigena_amazonas.pdf