PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - C. CHETSANGA AU - B. PETTERSSON AU - U. PETTERSSON AU - U. GYLLENSTEN TI - Detection of human papillomavirus DNA in cervical smears by the polymerase chain reaction AID - 10.1111/j.1525-1438.1991.tb00042.x DP - 1991 Aug 01 TA - International Journal of Gynecologic Cancer PG - 209--213 VI - 1 IP - 5 4099 - http://ijgc.bmj.com/content/1/5/209.short 4100 - http://ijgc.bmj.com/content/1/5/209.full SO - Int J Gynecol Cancer1991 Aug 01; 1 AB - 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.