Prevalence of low and high risk human papillomavirus types in cervical cells from Hong Kong pregnant Chinese using filter in situ hybridization

E W Ip; R J Collins; A N Cheung; G Srivastava

doi:10.1007/BF02390700

Prevalence of low and high risk human papillomavirus types in cervical cells from Hong Kong pregnant Chinese using filter in situ hybridization

Arch Gynecol Obstet. 1991;249(1):1-7. doi: 10.1007/BF02390700.

Authors

E W Ip¹, R J Collins, A N Cheung, G Srivastava

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pathology, University of Hong Kong.

PMID: 1654045
DOI: 10.1007/BF02390700

Abstract

Filter in situ hybridization, using separate probes for human papillomavirus deoxyribonucleic acid types 6, 11, 16 and 18, was used to determine the prevailing HPV types amongst a group of pregnant Chinese women. This group had been previously identified using a mixture of probes for HPV types 6, 11, 16, 18, 31, 33, 35 (Virapap). Specimens from six of the eleven cases contained one HPV type (55%) while five were positive for two types (45%). The "low-risk" types (HBV6, 11) were identified as frequently as the "high-risk" types (HPV16, 18) in this study.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Cross-Sectional Studies
DNA Probes, HPV*
DNA, Viral / isolation & purification*
Female
Hong Kong / epidemiology
Humans
Incidence
Nucleic Acid Hybridization*
Papillomaviridae / classification
Papillomaviridae / isolation & purification*
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / diagnosis
Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / epidemiology*
Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / microbiology
Tumor Virus Infections / diagnosis
Tumor Virus Infections / epidemiology*
Tumor Virus Infections / microbiology
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / diagnosis
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / epidemiology*
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / microbiology
Vaginal Smears

Substances

DNA Probes, HPV
DNA, Viral