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Genotyping for Human Papillomavirus (HPV) 16/18/52/58 Has a Higher Performance than HPV16/18 Genotyping in Triaging Women with Positive High-risk HPV Test in Northern Thailand.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2016
Khunamornpong Surapan, Settakorn Jongkolnee, Sukpan Kornkanok, Suprasert Prapaporn, Srisomboon Jatupol, Intaraphet Suthida, Siriaunkgul Sumalee
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Testing for high-risk human papillomavirus DNA (HPV test) has gained increasing acceptance as an alternative method to cytology in cervical cancer screening. Compared to cytology, HPV test has a higher sensitivity for the detection of histologic high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion or worse (HSIL+), but this could lead to a large colposcopy burden. Genotyping for HPV16/18 has been recommended in...
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