title: Detection of human papillomavirus types 45 and 51 by type-specific polymerase chain reaction.
abstract: Human papillomavirus (HPV) types 45 and 51 are both considered as high risk types for the development of human cervical cancer. To optimize the detection of these two types in clinical samples, HPV-45 and HPV-51 specific primers were designed to amplify respectively a 141bp and a 266bp fragment from the L1 gene by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The sensitivity and the specificity of these two PCR reactions were determined using varying amounts of HPV DNA containing plasmids and negative and positive controls. Overall, the sensitivity for the HPV-45 plasmid DNA is 10fg, while for HPV-51 the sensitivity is 1fg. This is equivalent to approximately 100 and 10 HPV genome copies per PCR reaction, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Molecular Virology, ISP/Institut Pasteur, rue Engeland 642, 1180 Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Weyn
authors.forename: Selma
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Boulenouar
authors.forename: Vanessa
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Mathys
authors.forename: Julie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vanhoolandt
authors.forename: Aurore
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bernis
authors.forename: Véronique
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Fontaine
mesh_terms: D052685:Alphapapillomavirus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D030361:Papillomavirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000821:virology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral