title: Detection of human papillomavirus using the polymerase chain reaction and typing for HPV16 and 18 in the cervical smears of Greek women.
abstract: The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was applied for the detection of human papilloma virus (HPV) infection, in samples obtained from the uterine cervices of 202 asymptomatic women with normal cytology in Northern Greece. About 41.8% of the women with microscopically and cytologically normal cervices were found to be infected with HPV. Typing of HPV revealed that 6.9% and 1.5% of the women were infected with HPV16 and HPV18, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Biology, Medical Faculty, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Lambropoulos
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Agorastos
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Frangoulides
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Karahaliou
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bontis
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Dozi-Vassiliades
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001483:Base Sequence; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000821:virology*; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D006115:Greece / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D027383:Papillomaviridae / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D030361:Papillomavirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014412:Tumor Virus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology; D002575:Uterine Cervicitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology; D014626:Vaginal Smears
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D004279:DNA, Viral