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Human Papilloma Virus or HPV is
a DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) virus.
HPV virus carries
genetic information. Molecular biology techniques deciphered the
genetic code of most HPV virus and its relation with aggressiveness and
human body locations of the infections.
DNA is like a program
that every cell of the human body has. It contains all the information
that give us our physical appearance, individual and unique
characteristics. The same goes for Human Papilloma Virus (HPV).
More than 100 types of
HPV have been discovered. They differ in their DNA which make HPV more
or less aggressive, infect the body in different locations, give them a
causal relation with Cervical Cancer, other types of
cancer, skin and mucosal epithelium diseases, or simple
genital warts.
HPV is a DNA virus that
affects only humans.
H=Human.
P=
Papilloma
V=Virus
Human Papilloma Virus or
HPV virus belongs to the family of papovavirus. Papovavirus are divided
in two genera, type A and type B. Type A papovavirus do not induce
infections in other species than humans and can not be cultivate. Their
only host are humans.
Type B papovavirus does
not affect humans and can be cultivate. They are important as a
laboratory model.
Human papilloma virus or
HPV virus are characterized by having a small diameter. Viral particles
are identical by the electron microscope view, they differ only in
their DNA. More than hundred types of HPV have been
discovered and new types are being discovered continually.
Many of the subtypes
found are related to infections in male and female genitalia.
HPV virus infections are
related with the genesis or development of some carcinomas of the
female genitals, penis, anus, mouth, cutaneous carcinomas associated or
not with skin warts. Depending on the subtype, HPV is a cancer cause.
HPV genital infection is
considered a sexually transmitted disease. Other transmission routes
are possible, also the spread of mother to child during birth.
Drs. Herald Zur Hausen
research was the first to establish a relation between HPV and genital
cancer.
HPV (Human
Papillomavirus) infection can persist many years, but also it is
possible a self-limiting process with HPV disappearance
defeated by the body's defenses.
HPV genital infection
has three stages, a latent stages were HPV (Human Papillomavirus) can
only be diagnosed by DNA techniques, a subclinical stage were HPV can
be detected by DNA techniques and the use of some instruments
like camera, colposcopy, etc. The third stage or clinical
stage permits us to see HPV lesions by the naked eye.
The certain diagnose
most be done by molecular biology.
Using molecular
pathology techniques, the HPV test, unlike the Pap smear, allows us to
have a precise diagnosis of the Human Papillomavirus. The Polymerase
Chain Reaction (PCR) is a painless technique which involves the
extraction of cellular material as it is done in a Pap smear but,
unlike this, it has a sensitivity of 100% in the cervix. In other
words, there is no possibility of false negatives if the extraction is
correctly performed. This molecular biology technique, which we prefer
and recommend, also gives us the possibility to find out which type of
HPV the patient actually has. The importance of this lies in the fact
that there are tumor viruses, in other words, viruses related to cancer
such as: HPV 16, 18, 31, 33, 35, 39, 45, 51, 52, 56, 58, 59 and 68,
among others. There are other viruses related to benign warts which may
result unsightly or contagious. This technique is also used in other
genital areas such as the vagina, vulva, anus, penis or other parts of
the body, which cannot be contagious, such as the mouth or areas of the
skin near the genitals and different organs where the HPV infections
are less frequent, on the other hand PCR lets us know if HPV vaccines
will be preventive or not
Another currently used
technique for detection of the HPV is the
“hybrid-capture” test which gives us the
possibility to obtain information about the human papillomaviruses
connected to genital infection or cervix cancer as well as some benign
viruses related to common warts. Unlike PCR, this technique does not
report on the infectious type of viruses and it is only sensitive to
the most frequently found viruses.
The
“hybrid-capture” detects HPV viruses which are
often found in the genitals. These one are classified in: Group I: 6,
11, 42, 43, 44, 53 and 54 called “low-risk” HPV
types and which are not related to cancer; and Group II viruses, also
called of “high-risk”: 16, 18, 31, 33, 35, 39, 45,
51, 52, 56, 58, 59 and 68 related cancer.
HPV (Human
Papillomavirus), can be considered a transforming agent thus called
tumoral viruses.
Tumoral viruses such as
some types of HPV cause the transformation of a normal into a cancerous
cell. This is a result of HPV ability to integrate its
genetic information (HPV DNA) into the nuclear DNA of the host cell.
Some HPV oncoproteins play an important role in this transformation.
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- HPV anal warts
- HPV anal infections
- HPV anal cancer
- AIN I, AIN II, AIN III
- PEIN
- PAIN
- HPV anal diagnosis
- HPV anal treatments
- HPV anal management
- HPV and perianal lesions
- HPV anal infections in
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