HPV is detectable in virtually all abnormal cervical cytology samples after reinvestigation of HPV negatives with multiple alternative PCR tests

The demonstration of human papillomavirus (HPV) in 99.7% of cervical carcinoma surgical specimens from around the world required investigations by multiple alternative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays. A similar approach may therefore be necessary to best characterize HPV prevalence and genoty...

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Published in:	Diagnostic molecular pathology Vol. 19; no. 3; p. 144
Main Authors:	Evans, Mark Francis, Adamson, Christine Stewart-Crawford, Schned, Laura Meredith, St John, Timothy Louis, Leiman, Gladwyn, Ashikaga, Takamaru, Cooper, Kumarasen
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 01-09-2010
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult DNA Primers - genetics Female Humans Middle Aged Papillomaviridae - genetics Papillomaviridae - isolation & purification Papillomavirus Infections - diagnosis Papillomavirus Infections - epidemiology Papillomavirus Infections - virology Pathology, Molecular - methods Polymerase Chain Reaction - methods Prevalence Sensitivity and Specificity Uterine Cervical Neoplasms - complications Uterine Cervical Neoplasms - pathology Uterine Cervical Neoplasms - virology Young Adult
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