Comparison between the Abbott RealTime high risk HPV assay and the hybrid capture 2 assay for detecting high-risk human papillomavirus DNA in cervical specimens

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1662-1663

  Kaliterna, Vanja ^a   Lepej, Snjezana Židovec ^b   Vince, Adriana ^b  

^a Public Health Institute of Split and Dalmatia County   (Croatia)

^b Croatia   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DNA DETERMINATION; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION RISK; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEOPLASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS DETECTION; WART VIRUS;

CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; CERVIX UTERI; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS 16; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS 18; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 73449101838     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.012138-0     Document Type: Letter

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