“Situación actual del virus del papiloma humano (vph) de alto y bajo riesgo asociado a lesiones cervicales en mujeres del ecuador.”

Abstract

Infection caused by Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted in women, the causative factor of cervical cancer, the second leading cause of death in Ecuador. Information about this casuistry in the country is limited and inconclusive about genotypes and variants of HPV, associated with cancerous cervical lesions. In recent years, insufficient data has been generated that can predict the impact of HPV on women in Ecuador The methodology used to perform the meta-analysis of this bibliographic document was based on a systematic search of all the research carried out in the last 10 years on the prevalence of HPV in Ecuador, through academic search engines using Boolean operators that allowed a more specific search. for data collection and elaboration of analysis tables. The results obtained indicated that genotypes 16.58 and 18 percent are the most prevalent in Ecuador. Noting that there is only research generated in the South and the coastal region of Ecuador and that the data is neither homogeneous nor sufficient to generate statistical data on the current situation. To know the situation of the distribution of HPV in the country, a large-scale epidemiological and phylogenetic characterization should be carried out, establishing study methodologies, sampling and measurement variables that allow a better definition of this problem; since prevention measures taken to counteract cervical cancer in the country would not be the most appropriate, aggravating the situation more due to the migratory movements generated in recent times