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Original Article
Detection of human papillomavirus DNA in cervical smears by the polymerase chain reaction
Abstract
A PCR-based method has been developed which allows human papillomavirus DNA to be detected in routinely obtained cervical smear specimens. The results showed that 76% of the smears that were collected from women who were carrying HPV-positive lesions by cervical swab analysis were positive by the PCR-based method. The results suggest that it is possible to carry out population-based retrospective studies of archival cervical smears.
- cervical smear
- cervix neoplasm
- human papillomavirus
- polymerase chain reaction