Article
Detection and genotyping of human papillomavirus DNA by SPF10 and MY09/11 primers in cervical cells taken from women attending a colposcopy clinic.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Jun 2002
Perrons Chris, Kleter Bernhard, Jelley Rosanne, Jalal Hamid, Quint Wim, Tedder Richard
Abstract excerpt
Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the main etiological agent of cervical cancer. There is a large number of HPV genotypes and therefore a need to distinguish the high risk HPV genotypes associated with invasive cancer from the low risk. Because persistence of high risk HPV infection is necessary for...
Topics
- Ambulatory Care
- Cervix Uteri
- Colposcopy
- DNA Primers
- DNA, Viral
- Female
- Genotype
- Humans
- Papillomaviridae
- Papillomavirus Infections
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Tumor Virus Infections
- Uterine Cervical Dysplasia