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Evaluating different samples & techniques for hr-HPV DNA genotyping to improve the efficiency of risk profiling for oral & cervical cancers in Sikkim, India.
The Indian journal of medical research - 1 Aug 2024
Gupta Chamma, Sherpa Mingma Lhamu, Lucksom Pesona Grace, Pradhan Anup, Chettri Mohonish N
Abstract excerpt
Background & objectives Oral and genital HPV infection in men may be a source of cervical diseases in their women partners as well as disease in themselves. This study aimed to evaluate and compare the performance of Hybrid Capture 2 (HC2) in physician-collected cervical samples and qPCR in self-collected urine and oral gargle samples of women and men, respectively, for hr-HPV infection status and genotyping....
Topics
- Humans
- Female
- Male
- Papillomavirus Infections
- India
- Uterine Cervical Neoplasms
- Adult
- Genotype
- DNA, Viral
- Mouth Neoplasms
- Papillomaviridae
