Incidence of human papillomavirus 6, 11, 16, 18 and 33 in normal oral mucosa of a Greek population

The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was applied for the detection of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection in samples obtained from the clinically normal mucosa of the oral cavity of 169 asymptomatic subjects in northern Greece. Of the subjects, 9.5% were found to be infected with HPV. Typing of HPV by Southern blot hybridization revealed that 2.4%, 0%, 0%, 4.1%, 0.6% of the subjects were infected with HPV 16, 18, 33, 6 and 11, respectively.

Rapid typing of 4 VNTR loci, 3'ApoB, MCT118,St14 and YNZ22 by the polymerase chain reaction of a Greek sample

Allelic data from a Greek sample of unrelated individuals for the D17S30, 3'ApoB, D1S80 and DXS52 loci were obtained by the PCR and subsequent analysis with agarose gel electrophoresis. The distribution of observed genotypes is in agreement with expected values according to the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. An heterozygosity of at least 76% was demonstrated with 11-13 alleles for each locus. The use of the combination of the four loci could be a powerful tool for paternity testing and individual discrimination, in combination with the fact that PCR needs a minimal amount of DNA and is a very quick and sensitive method.

Detection of human papillomavirus using the polymerase chain reaction and typing for HPV16 and 18 in the cervical smears of Greek women

The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was applied for the detection of human papilloma virus (HPV) infection, in samples obtained from the uterine cervices of 202 asymptomatic women with normal cytology in Northern Greece. About 41.8% of the women with microscopically and cytologically normal cervices were found to be infected with HPV. Typing of HPV revealed that 6.9% and 1.5% of the women were infected with HPV16 and HPV18, respectively.