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RNAscope for In situ Detection of Transcriptionally Active Human Papillomavirus in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Published on: March 11, 2014
Evaluation of a new DNA test for detection of carcinogenic human papillomavirus
Philip E Castle1, Erin C Gutierrez, Sharon V Leitch
1American Society for Clinical Pathology, 1225 New York Ave. NW, Suite 250, Washington, DC 20005, USA. philip.castle@ascp.org
Abstract:
Using archived specimens, we evaluated a new automated real-time PCR assay (BD Diagnostics) that detects all carcinogenic human papillomaviruses (HPV) and provides HPV genotyping for seven of them, including HPV16 and HPV18, the two most carcinogenic HPV genotypes. We found comparable results with Hybrid Capture 2 (HC2) for detection of carcinogenic HPV (n = 473) and with Linear Array and Line Blot Assay (n = 371) for detection of individual HPV genotypes.
