title: Incidence of human papillomavirus 6, 11, 16, 18 and 33 in normal oral mucosa of a Greek population.
abstract: The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was applied for the detection of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection in samples obtained from the clinically normal mucosa of the oral cavity of 169 asymptomatic subjects in northern Greece. Of the subjects, 9.5% were found to be infected with HPV. Typing of HPV by Southern blot hybridization revealed that 2.4%, 0%, 0%, 4.1%, 0.6% of the subjects were infected with HPV 16, 18, 33, 6 and 11, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Biology, Medical Faculty, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. Lambrop@med.auth.gr
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Lambropoulos
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dimitrakopoulos
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Frangoulides
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Katopodi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kotsis
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Karakasis
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D015344:DNA Probes, HPV; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D004587:Electrophoresis, Agar Gel; D005260:Female; D006115:Greece; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000821:virology*; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D027383:Papillomaviridae / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D030361:Papillomavirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014412:Tumor Virus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis
chemical_list: D015344:DNA Probes, HPV; D004279:DNA, Viral