Article
[Human papillomavirus genotyping in cervical adenocarcinoma in the Region of La Araucania-Chile].
Revista chilena de infectologia : organo oficial de la Sociedad Chilena de Infectologia - 1 Aug 2010
Melo Angélica, García Patricia, Capurro Italo, Guzmán Pablo, Brebi Priscila, Ili Carmen, López Jaime, Roa Juan C
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the main cause of cervical cancer. Thus, HPV detection and typing becomes important in order to know the frequency of genotypes present in the region. In this paper we studied 44 biopsies of cervical adenocarcinoma. For HPV detection nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was used to amplify the L1 gene. For viral typing restriction enzymes (Rsa I, Dde I, Pst I) and DNA...
Topics
- Adenocarcinoma
- Adult
- Aged
- Alphapapillomavirus
- Chile
- DNA, Viral
- Female
- Genotype
- Humans
- Middle Aged
- Papillomavirus Infections
