ABSTRACT
Objetivos: Describir la distribución de variantes del virus del papiloma humano 16 en mujeres con y sin neoplasia intraepitelial cervical grado 3 y cáncer cervical. Métodos: Se determinaron las variantes moleculares en casos de carcinoma escamocelular, adenocarcinoma cervical y en mujeres sin anormalidades citológicas de alto grado y positivas para el virus del papiloma humano 16. Para la detección de las variantes moleculares se amplificó el marco abierto de lectura del gen E6 del virus del papiloma humano 16 y se utilizó una técnica de hibridación reversa para la detección de los principales cambios de nucleótidos que identifican las ramas filogenéticas y las clases de variantes. Resultados:Hubo diferencias estadísticamente significativas en la distribución de variantes de virus del papiloma humano 16. Los controles no presentaron infecciones con variantes no europeas, mientras que ellas estuvieron presentes en el 30% de los casos de carcinoma escamocelular o neoplasia intraepitelial cervical grado tres. En adenocarcinoma, el 65% de las infecciones fueron del tipo no europeo. Conclusiones: La prevalencia de variantes no europeas de virus de papiloma humano 16 fue de 31,2% en neoplasia intraepitelial cervical grado 3 y cáncer escamocelular, y de 64,1% en adenocarcinoma de cérvix, mientras que estas no se observaron en mujeres sin cáncer.
Objectives: To describe the distribution of the variants of the human papilloma virus 16 in women with and without grade 3 cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and cervical cancer. Methods: Molecular variants were established in cases of squamous cell carcinoma, cervical adenocarcinoma and in women with high grade Pap smear abnormalities who tested positive for human papilloma virus 16. For the detection of molecular variants the open reading framework for the E6 gene of the human papilloma virus 16 was amplified and a reverse hybridization technique was utilized for the detection of major changes in the nucleotides which identify the phylogenetic branches and classes of variants. Results: There were statistically significant results in the distribution of the variants of the human papilloma virus 16. Control cases showed no infections with non European variants, but they were present in 30% of squamous cell carcinoma or grade three cervical intraepithelial neoplasia. For adenocarcinoma, 65% of infections were of non European type. Conclusions: The prevalence of non European variants of the human papilloma virus 16 was 31.2% in grade 3 cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and squamous cell cancer, and 64.1% in cervical adenocarcinoma; however, these were not observed among women without cancer.