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OBJETIVO: La identificación de la infección por tipos de alto riesgo del virus del papiloma humano (VPH) es una herramienta útil para el cribado de cáncer del cuello uterino. Las distintas técnicas aplicadas para su detección deben contrastarse y validarse para su empleo en la tamización poblacional. MATERIAL Y MÉTODOS: Se evalúan tres técnicas para la detección del VPH en 166 muestras cervicales procedentes de mujeres atendidas en una clínica de dermatología en Oviedo (España): a) PCR-EIA mediante consensos MY09/MY011; b) PCR con line blot hybridization (PCR-LBH) con consensos PGMY; y c) hybrid capture 2. RESULTADOS: El ADN-VPH se reconoció en 29.5%, 25.3% y 24.7%, de acuerdo con el ensayo. La concordancia global entre PCR-EIA, PCR-LBH y HC2 fue de 73.5% con los valores de kappa superiores a 0.56 entre los ensayos (pOBJECTIVE: Detection of high-risk human papillomavirus types (HPV) infection is an important tool in the screening of cervical cancer and triage of cytological abnormalities. The different techniques for detection of this cancer need to be contrasted and validated for use in population screening. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Cervical cell samples were collected from 166 women attending a dermatology clinic in Oviedo (Spain). We evaluated the performance of three different assays for VPH detection. The methods utilized were 1) In-house PCR-EIA using L1 consensus primers MY09/MY11, 2) A PCR-reverse line blot hybridization (PCR-LBH) that uses L1 consensus PGMY primers. 3) Hybrid Capture 2. All assays were performed blinded. The kappa statistic was used to test for global agreement between assay pairs. RESULTS: HPV DNA was detected in 24,7%, 25,3% and 29,5% of the women, respective to the assay. The overall agreement between the in-house PCR, PCR-LBH and HC2 was (73.5%) with all kappa values between assay pairs exceeding 0.56 (p

Background: The identification of high risk groups for genital human papillomavirus (HPV) infection may contribute to cervical cancer prevention. The study was designed to estimate the prevalence of HPV infection and the related risk of cervical cancer among imprisoned women., Patients and Methods: 157 women were visited at the Medical Office of a prison in Barcelona, Spain. Women underwent a structured interview, determination of HIV serostatus and detection of HPV cervical infection by means of PCR., Results: The prevalence of HPV infection was 46%. Prostitution was reported by 38.2% and intravenous drug use by 64.3%. HIV infection was detected in 56.1%. Cervical cytology revealed 19 women with ASCUS and 28 with squamous intraepithelial lesions (SIL) (all grades). HPV infection was associated with an increased risk of intravenous drug use for more than 10 years (prevalence odds ratio [POR] = 2.9) and seropositivity to HIV (POR = 4.7). The increase in risk for SIL related to HIV was explained by the presence of HPV. HIV positive women with low CD4 counts may increase the risk for SIL independently of HPV., Conclusion: HIV positive women are at high risk for HPV infection and as a consequence, for developing SIL. HIV positive women should be closely monitored for cervical cancer.