1.Detection of high-risk human papillomavirus by multiplex real time PCR
Kelin XIAO ; Huilin WANG ; Guangxing MAI ; Jing MA ; Fan JIANG ; Xiufa ZHANG ; Likuan XIONG ; Hua ZHOU
Chinese Journal of Laboratory Medicine 2011;34(6):534-537
Objective To investigate 13 high-risk types of HPV (HR HPV) infection rates in women with different grades of cervical lesions.Methods A total of 350 women, who were hospitalized in the department of gynecology in Bao′an Maternity & Child health hospital, were enrolled for the study.TCT technology was used to evaluate the cervical epithelium.The group were divided according to the cytology results.Multiplex real time PCR (mRT PCR) was used to detect the viral loads.HR HPV infection rate of different groups were analyzed using χ2 test or Fisher exact test.HR HPV viral loads of patients in different grades of cervical lesion groups were compared using Kruskal-Wallis or Wilcoxon test, and the age distribution of HR HPV positive group and negative group was analyzed by using Wilcoxon test.Results The HR HPV infection rates of NILM, ASCUS, LSIL, HSIL were 3.4% (10/295), 20.0% (7/35), 78.6% (11/14) and 100.0% (6/6), respectively.HR HPV positivity in NILM was lower than ASCUS (χ2=14.43,P<0.01) and LSIL (χ2=107.69,P<0.01), HR HPV positivity in ASCUS was lower than LSIL (χ2=14.76,P<0.01). The median of HR HPV viral loads in NILM, ASCUS, LSIL and HSIL were 4.10 (3.38-6.27), 5.33 (3.63-6.66), 5.77 (4.01-7.01) and 5.58 (4.19-5.85) respectively (copies/ml,lg).Combined ASCUS, LSIL and HSIL groups into cervical lesion group, HR HPV viral load of which was higher than that of NILM (U=43.0, P<0.05).The median Ages of HR HPV positive group and negative group were 36 and 33, respectively.No statistical significance was found between them (U=4 544, P>0.05).Conclusions The present study revealed that HR HPV infection was related to cervical lesion, but there was no correlation between viral load and cervical lesion grade. In additional, no difference in age distribution was found between HR HPV positive group and negative group.