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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 2001, p. 3204-3212, Vol. 39, No. 9
Section of Infection and Immunity, Department
of Medicine, University of Wales College of Medicine, Heath Park,
Cardiff CF14 4XX,1 Department of
Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Llandough Hospital & University Hospital of
Wales, Cardiff CF4 4XX,3 Oswel Research
Products, Ltd., University of Southampton, Southampton SO16
7PX,2 and Department of Chemistry,
University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton SO17
1BJ,4 United Kingdom
Received 2 April 2001/Returned for modification 20 May
2001/Accepted 16 July 2001
We report the development of a novel detection and typing
methodology for human papillomaviruses (HPV) based on real-time PCR
with the self-probing fluorescent primers known as Scorpions. This
technique is quick, simple, specific, sensitive, and capable of
estimating viral load per cell. We report the results of over 100 typing reactions performed on cell lines, biopsies, and cervical cytobrush samples which, when compared to the current reference HPV
detection and typing technique, present a
0095-1137/01/$04.00+0 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.9.3204-3212.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.
Novel Method for Detection, Typing, and Quantification of Human
Papillomaviruses in Clinical Samples
and
value of 0.89. We further
report preliminary data suggesting a relationship between viral load
per cell and grade of cervical disease.
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Corresponding author. Mailing address: Section
of Infection and Immunity, Department of Medicine, University of Wales
College of Medicine, Heath Park, Cardiff CF14 4XX, United Kingdom.
Phone: (029) 20745004. Fax: (029) 20745003. E-mail:
HartKW{at}cf.ac.uk.
Present address: Imperial College School of Medicine, London SW7
2AZ, United Kingdom.
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