Article
Multiple HPV genotypes in cervical carcinomas: improved DNA detection and typing in archival tissues.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 Apr 2004
Huang Lee-Wen, Chao Shiouh-Lirng, Chen Pei-Hsin, Chou Hui-Ping
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Human papillomaviruses (HPV) have been considered to be the necessary and central agents of cervical carcinoma. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and genotypes of HPV in archival cervical carcinomas. STUDY DESIGN: The study included 152 paraffin-embedded, formaldehyde-fixed cervical carcinoma specimens. To improve the detection and typing of HPV in archival tissues, we...
Topics
- Adenocarcinoma
- Carcinoma, Adenosquamous
- Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
- DNA, Viral
- Female
- Genotype
- Humans
- Molecular Epidemiology
- Papillomaviridae
- Papillomavirus Infections
