Table 1.: Detection of HPV in the Cervical Scrapings of Clinically Suspected Patients by Two-Tube Nested and Single-Tube Seminested PCR

Case no. Diagnosis Age Two-Tube Nested PCR Single-Tube Seminested PCR
1 Normal 36 - -
2 CIN1 54 + +
3 Normal 60 + +
4 Normal 31 + +
5 CIN1 48 + +
6 Normal 40 - -
7 STD 42 + +
8 CIN1 62 + +
9 Normal 39 - -
10 Normal 51 + +
11 Normal 42 - -
12 CIN1 39 + +
13 CIN1 62 + +
14 STD 36 + +
15 STD 41 + +
16 Normal 41 - -
17 Normal 46 + +
18 Normal 48 + +
19 CIN1 57 - -
20 Normal 50 + +
21 CIN2 64 + +
22 Normal 58 - -
23 Normal 61 - -
24 STD 40 + +
25 CIN1 46 + +
26 Normal 35 - -
27 STD 38 + +
28 Normal 49 - -
29 CIN2 53 - +
30 Normal 41 - -

CIN 1=Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia Grade I; CIN2=Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia Grade II; STD=Sexually transmitted disease; +=positive; -=negative.