Infección por el Virus del Papiloma Humano en mujeres recluidas en Centros de Readaptación Social en el sureste de México

introduction: the aim of this work is describe the epidemiology of hvp amongst female inmates. material and methods: a total of 82 women were studied in a cross sectional study. epidemiological data were collected through a direct interview. samples of cervical cells were taken. hpv and genotypes were identified by molecular test. results: global hpv prevalence was 20.7%. fifteen different genotypes were identified 60% low risk hpv, 26.7% high risk hpv and 13.3% were not classified in any of the two groups. types 6/11were the most common. 23.5% (04/17) of hpv positives samples had multiple infections, 3 with 2 genotypes and one with 3. association between infection with hpv and smoking was found, p= 0.0258, or 3.79 ic 95% (1.01-15.58).