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Modified General Primer PCR System for Sensitive Detection of Multiple Types of Oncogenic Human Papillomavirus

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Summary, in English

Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is a necessary cause of cervical cancer and cervical dysplasia. Accurate and sensitive genotyping of multiple oncogenic HPVs is essential for a multitude of both clinical and research uses. We developed a modified general primer (MGP) PCR system with five forward and five reverse consensus primers. The MGP system was compared to the classical HPV general primer system GP5 +/6 + using a proficiency panel with HPV plasmid dilutions as well as cervical samples from 592 women with low-grade cytological abnormalities. The reference method (GP5 +/6 +) had the desirable high sensitivity (five copies/PCR) for five oncogenic HPV types (HPV type 16 [HPV-16], HPV-18, HPV-56, HPV-59, and HPV-66). The MGP system was able to detect all 14 oncogenic HPV types at five copies/PCR. In the clinical samples, the MGP system detected a significantly higher proportion of women with more than two concomitant HPV infections than did the GP5 +/6 + system (102/592 women compared to 42/592 women). MGP detected a significantly greater number of infections with HPV-16, -18, -31, -33, -35, -39, -42, -43, -45, -51, -52, -56, -58, and -70 than did GP5 +/6 +. In summary, the MGP system primers allow a more sensitive amplification of most of the HPV types that are established as oncogenic and had an improved ability to detect multiple concomitant HPV infections.

Publishing year

2009

Language

English

Pages

541-546

Publication/Series

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volume

47

Issue

3

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Topic

  • Medicinal Chemistry
  • Microbiology in the medical area

Status

Published

Research group

  • Clinical Microbiology, Malmö
  • Clinical Chemistry, Malmö

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1098-660X