title: [Detection of human papillomavirus types 16, 18 and 33 in exfoliated cervical cells by polymerase chain reaction].
abstract: Human papillomavirus (HPV) types 16, 18 and 33 were identified by means of the polymerase chain reaction using exfoliated cells from the uterine cervix in 361 patients. Of 261 patients without cervical lesions, 10(3.8%) patients had HPV DNA whereas 7(70.0%) of 10 patients with invasive cervical carcinomas had HPV DNA. The younger patients' group (29 year-old or less) without cervical lesions had a 6.5% HPV positive rate which was distinctly higher than the older patients' groups. No menopausal patient without cervical lesions had HPV DNA. In the cervical dysplasia group, the HPV DNA positive rate tended to be higher in the older patients. Type 16 was detected more often than types 18 or 33. However, the detectable incidence of type 16 in the follow up group was lower than in the cervical carcinoma groups. The younger patients without cervical lesions had a higher incidence of type 16 than the older patients. The younger patients with cervical neoplastic lesions had a lower incidence of type 16 than the older patients. These results suggest that type 16 has a higher frequency of cervical HPV infections than types 18 and 33. In addition, human papillomavirus is not the only causative factor in cervical carcinomas.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shiga University of Medical Science.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Onoe
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Chiba
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hirose
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wakuda
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Yamade
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ishiguro
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D027383:Papillomaviridae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000382:microbiology; D002578:Uterine Cervical Dysplasia / Q000382:microbiology; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral