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Table 2 HPV detection in fresh tissue versus paraffin block: single/multiple/HPVX types

From: Comparison of human papillomavirus detection between freshly frozen tissue and paraffin embedded tissue of invasive cervical cancer

HPV detection

Fresh tissue

Paraffin block

 

Number of cases

%

95% CIb

Number of cases

%

95% CIb

Cases HPV analyzed

171

100

 

171

100

 

HPV negative

17

9.9

(5.9-15.4)

19

11.1

(6.8-16.8)

HPV positive

154

90.1

(84.6-94.1)

152

88.9

(83.2-93.2)

Single HPV typesa

143

92.9

(87.6-96.4)

144

94.7

(89.9-97.7)

Multiple HPV typesa

11

7.1

(3.6-12.4)

7

4.6

(1.9-9.3)

HPV X - unknowna

0

0.0

(0.0-2.4)

1

0.7

(0.0-3.6)

  1. CI, Confidence Interval;
  2. a Number of single/multiple/X among HPV positive cases;
  3. b For all comparisons: p-value > 0.05