Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and human papilloma virus infection: Preliminary study
Abstract
Colposcopically directed punch cervical biopsy were taken from 16 women with persistant Pap smear class
and subjected
Pap to
smear class molecular
These hybridization
specimens were to detect the
presence of human papilloma virus Deoxyr ibosenucleic Acid
sequences, 12 (75%) were found• to be positive. All the four women with Papanicolaou smear Class IV were found to
be positive for human papilloma virus DNA. Whereas 8 (66.7%) of the 12 women with Pap Class III were similarly positive. These findings are in agreement with studies reported from Europe and America.
Citation
Master of medicinePublisher
University Of Nairobi Department of Medicine