High-risk human papillomavirus types in cytologically normal cervical scrapes from Kenya

dc.contributor.author	Czeglédy, J
dc.contributor.author	Rogo Khama O.
dc.contributor.author	Evander, M
dc.contributor.author	Wadell, G
dc.date.accessioned	2013-06-07T07:24:20Z
dc.date.available	2013-06-07T07:24:20Z
dc.date.issued	1992
dc.identifier.citation	Med Microbiol Immunol. 1992;180(6):321-6	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1312661
dc.identifier.uri	http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/29771
dc.description.abstract	Seventy-seven women with normal cervical cytology on routine visit to a family planning clinic in Nairobi, Kenya, were analysed for genital human papillomavirus (HPV) types by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). We applied a general primer pair (GP60/GP124) recognising sequences conserved among HPV types 6, 11, 16, 18, 31 and 33. Of the 77 specimens tested 15 (19.5%) proved to be positive for genital HPV. Amplification products were examined for the presence of high-risk HPV types by Slot-blot hybridization. Out of the 15 PCR-positive samples, 4 were positive for HPV 16.3 for HPV 18, while 1 contained both HPV 16 and 33. HPV DNA prevalence in this group of women from a "high-risk" area is similar to that in "low-risk" Swedish women but much lower than in cervical cancer samples from the same region.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	University of Nairobi.	en
dc.title	High-risk human papillomavirus types in cytologically normal cervical scrapes from Kenya	en
dc.type	Article	en
local.publisher	Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology	en