Evaluation of HPV-DNA Test in Screening of Cervical Lesions / 中华医院感染学杂志

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the value of HPV-DNA test in the screening of cerical lesions.METHODS Patients with cervical lesions were detected by HPV-DNA test Papanicolaou(Pap) smear and pathological inspection,and the pathological results were regarded as gold standard.From the 178 positive cases,we compared the sensitivity of HPV-DNA test and Pap smear,and the HPV-DNA detection rate from patients with different histocytological classification.RESULTS All of 178 cases were positive in pathological inspection,the HPV-DNA test sensitivity was 85.4%,whereas Pap smear was 50.6%,the difference between HPV-DNA test and Pap smear was significant(P