Abstract
Prevalence of precancerous lesions among positive HIV women in the hospital complex and University of Yaounde (Cameroun)
Highlights
The Acquire Immuno Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is responsible for the greatest viral pandemic. This is a virus which acts on the immune system by weakening it and allowing the development of opportunist diseases which lead to the death of the person
We counted 33,2 million people living with AIDS
It was about a descriptive study with retrospective collection of data, realized between 2010 and 2016 among women aged from 18 to 80 years having carried out a consultation in the Hospital complex and University of Yaounde in the services of the laboratory of Anatomocyto-pathology and external consultation were included in our study all the files of patients containing of factors of risk of the precancerous lesions, anatomo-pathological search of precancerous lesions, AIDS status and/or the take in of antiretroviral
Summary
The Acquire Immuno Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is responsible for the greatest viral pandemic. This is a virus which acts on the immune system by weakening it and allowing the development of opportunist diseases which lead to the death of the person. The women represent more half of the total number of the people living with AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa [1]. More than 5% of this 22 million (population of Cameroun) are carrying this virus in Cameroun and the women account for 61% of the carriers of this virus [2] This virus acts on the immune system which will be a favorable ground for other pathologies quite as dangerous as cancers. The most representative cancer for the woman is the cancer of the cervix
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