Faculty of Medicine

Notable Projects

• Genotypification of hepatitis C virus isolates from a population of multi-transfused patients  in Colombia; Cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma biomarkers in Colombia; Study of the presence and distribution of hepatitis A and hepatitis E viruses in samples obtained from water sources and residual waters in municipalities of the Department of Antioquia; Study of the events of integration and epigenetic changes of the hepatitis B virus minichromosome in occult hepatitis B cases.
• Cellular stress response in hepatocytes and hepatic stellate cells expressing hepatitis C virus proteins.
• Determination of the resistance of helicobacter pylori to clarithromycin in gastric biopsy samples by identifying 23s rRNA gene mutations.
• Effect of Alcohol Consumption on the Diagnosis of Patients Surviving Hepatic Cirrhosis in a University Hospital in the city of Medellin. Characterization of autoimmune hepatitis patients from a university hospital in Medellin, Colombia: A Cohort Study.

Main Research Results

Hepatitis C virus infection and cholangiocarcinoma: An Insight into Epidemiologic Evidences and Hypothetical Mechanisms of Oncogenesis, First evidence of the Hepatitis E virus in environmental waters in Colombia, Characterization of hepatitis B virus in Amerindian children and mothers from Amazonas State, Colombia, Molecular characterization of occult hepatitis B virus infection in patients with end-stage liver disease in Colombia.

Research Portafolio