From: Prevalence of human papillomavirus cervical infection in an Italian asymptomatic population
 | PCR analysis | Dot-blot analysis | |||||
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Age | HPV (all) | Generic probe | 6/11 | 16 | 18 | 33 | Others |
≤ 44 | 18/119 (15.1%) | 16 (88.9%) | 1 (5.6%) | 8 (44.4%) | 4 (22.2%) | 2 (11.1%) | 2 (11.1%) |
45–52 | 21/120 (17.5%) | 19 (90.5%) | 2 (9.5%) | 10 (47.6%) | 11 (52.4%) | 3 (14.3%) | 2 (9.5%) |
53–59 | 14/122 (11.5%) | 13 (92.9%) | 0 | 11 (78.6%) | 4 (28.6%) | 0 | 1 (7.1%) |
≤ 60 | 27/142 (19.0%) | 26 (96.3%) | 1 (3.7%) | 17 (63.0%) | 10 (37.0%) | 2 (7.4%) | 2 (7.4%) |
All | 80/503 (15.9%) | 74 (92.5%) | 4 (5.0%) | 46 (57.5) | 29 (36.3) | 7 (8.8%) | 7 (8.8%) |