• HPV Genotyping of Modified General Primer-Amplicons Is More Analytically Sensitive and Specific by Sequencing than by Hybridization 

      Meisal, Roger; Rounge, Trine Ballestad; Christiansen, Irene Kraus; Eieland, Alexander Kirkeby; Worren, Merete Molton; Molden, Tor; Kommedal, Øyvind; Hovig, Eivind; Leegaard, Truls Michael; Ambur, Ole Herman (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Sensitive and specific genotyping of human papillomaviruses (HPVs) is important for population-based surveillance of carcinogenic HPV types and for monitoring vaccine effectiveness. Here we compare HPV genotyping by Next ...
    • Self-collected and clinician-collected anal swabs show modest agreement for HPV genotyping 

      Mandishora, Racheal S. Dube; Rounge, Trine Ballestad; Fitzpatrick, Megan; Christiansen, Hanne Irene Kraus; Ambur, Ole Herman; Lagström, Sonja; Stray-Pedersen, Babill; Tommasino, Massimo; Palefsky, Joel; Chirenje, Zvavahera M. (PLOS ONE;16 (4): e0250426, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-04-26)
      Background & aim: Women with HIV/HPV coinfection and cervical lesions are at increased risk of developing HPV related anal cancer. Self-collection of anal swabs may facilitate HPV molecular testing in anal cancer screening, ...