title: Prevalence of low and high risk human papillomavirus types in cervical cells from Hong Kong pregnant Chinese using filter in situ hybridization.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Hong Kong.
authors.forename: E W
authors.initials: EW
authors.lastname: Ip
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Collins
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Cheung
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Srivastava
mesh_terms: D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D015344:DNA Probes, HPV; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D006723:Hong Kong / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D027383:Papillomaviridae / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D014412:Tumor Virus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D014626:Vaginal Smears
chemical_list: D015344:DNA Probes, HPV; D004279:DNA, Viral