Compositions for and detection of human papillomavirus by specific oligonucleotide polymerase primers using the polymerase chain reaction

摘要

PCT No. PCT/US89/03747 Sec. 371 Date Feb. 5, 1991 Sec. 102(e) Date Feb. 5, 1991 PCT Filed Aug. 29, 1989.The presence of human papillomavirus (HPV) in a sample can be detected and the HPV typed by a method that involves the amplification of HPV DNA sequences by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The primers used in the method are consensus primers that can be used to amplify a particular region of the genome of any HPV. The presence of HPV in a sample is indicated by the formation of amplified DNA. The HPV is typed by the use of type-specific DNA probes specific for the amplified region of DNA.