Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and human papilloma virus infection: Preliminary study

Abstract

Colposcopically directed punch cervical biopsy were taken from 16 women with persistant Pap smear class

and subjected

Pap to

smear class molecular

These hybridization

specimens were to detect the

presence of human papilloma virus Deoxyr ibosenucleic Acid sequences, 12 (75%) were found• to be positive. All the four women with Papanicolaou smear Class IV were found to be positive for human papilloma virus DNA. Whereas 8 (66.7%) of the 12 women with Pap Class III were similarly positive. These findings are in agreement with studies reported from Europe and America.