Table 4.:
Association Between HPV DNA and mRNA
NASBA
1
Type-Specific PCR
2
HPV Negative
HPV Positive
Total
HPV negative
14
2
16
HPV positive
2
184
186
Total
16
186
202
1
NASBA: Nucleic acid sequence based amplification; HPV 16, 18, 31, 33, 35, 45, 52, and 58 E6/E7 mRNA [
25
].
2
PCR: Polymerase chain reaction; HPV 16, 18, 31, 33, 35, 45, 52, and 58 DNA [
25
].