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Human papillomavirus (HPV) in an Icelandic population: The role of HPV DNA testing based on hybrid capture and PCR assays among women with screen-detected abnormal pap smears

✍ Scribed by Kristján Sigurdsson; Thorgerdur Árnadóttir; Margrét Snorrad; Kristrún Benediktsdóttir; Hafsteinn Saemundsson

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1997
Tongue: French
Weight: 59 KB
Volume: 72
Category: Article
ISSN: 0020-7136
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0215(19970729)72:3<446::aid-ijc12>3.0.co;2-a

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✦ Synopsis

This study was based on 358 cases with abnormal smears referred for colposcopy and HPV DNA testing. We analysed: 1) the frequency of different grades of cyto-and histopathologic findings; 2) the frequency and relative amount of HPV DNA with the hybrid capture assay (HCA) in swabs, and the frequency of HPV with PCR in swabs (-S) and biopsies (-B); and 3) the frequency of HPV types according to the grade of the cyto-and histopathologic findings. Of all cases, 95% were positive with all HPV tests combined.