What Types Of Hpv Does The Hpv Test Check You For?
I am going for my annual OBGYN pap smear exam as well as HPV testing. I know there are tons of different types of HPV…does the HPV test check for all of them? Does it check for the types that cause warts as well as the ones that can cause cervical cancer?
I haven’t had any symptoms but I’m nervous about going to the doctor and want to be informed.
There are tests for high risk types and tests for low risk types. Since this is your annual OBGYN I assume they ‘ll test for highrisk for sure (cancer causing). See more here: http://www.examiner.com/x-7707-Tampa-Dis…
It tests for all HPV and types them to tell you if they are high or low risk.
An important question to ask your doctor is if he follows all pap smears with HPV testing.
A Pap smear looks for abnormal cell changes…and the most common HPV test confirms that you have one or more of the 13 high risk HPV types the test screens for.
Most women 30+ always have HPV testing following a Pap smear…but many times an HPV test does not follow a Pap smear that does not find abnormal cell changes.
http://www.thehpvtest.com
The most commonly HPV test does not screen for low risk HPV types.
The Digene/Qigene test screens for 13 high risk HPV types. The FDA approved test does not include low risk HPV types which commonly cause visible genital warts. Genital warts are often found on the cervix. Our HPV test does not include screening of the vulva…the Pap smear and HPV test is a test for the cervix only.
A Pap smear is a screening only…a negative Pap may be that abnormal cell changes have not occurred. It often takes many years for abnormal cell to occur.
The FDA just approved another HPV test that only screens for two high risk HPV types…16 and 18. The test is made by Hologic.
Another HPV test in clinical trials is the Amplicor by Roche.
http://www.roche.com/med-cor-2004-04-19a
Help take charge of your health care by asking for the name of the test your doctor will use…then ask for copies of your Pap and your HPV test.
I wish you well.
The hc2 High-Risk HPV DNA Test™ (DNAwithPap™)* using Hybrid
Capture2 (hc2) technology is an In Vitro nucleic acid hybridization
assay with signal amplification using microplate chemiluminescence for
the qualitative detection of thirteen high-risk types of human
papillomavirus (HPV) DNA in cervical specimens. The HPV types
detected by the assay are the high-risk HPV types
16/18/31/33/35/39/45/51/52/56/58/59/68… The hc2 High-Risk HPV DNA
Test cannot determine the specific HPV type present.
Another Digene kit, the hc2 HPV DNA Test (Catalog Number: 5198-1220),
which detects both high-risk (using the kit’s High-Risk HPV Probe) and some
low-risk HPV types (using the kit’s Low-Risk HPV Probe) should not be usedhttp://www.thehpvtest.com/About-the-dige…
http://www.roche.com/med-cor-2004-04-19a
Over 40 HPV types infect the anogenital tract, 15 of them have
been classified as high-risk for development of cervical cancer,
3 have been classified as probable high-risk, 12 have been
classified as low-risk and 3 are considered as undeterminedrisk.
Approximately 100 HPV types have been identified, over 40 of which infect the genital area (2). Genital HPV types are categorized according to their epidemiologic association with cervical cancer. Infections with low-risk types (e.g., types 6 and 11) can cause benign or low-grade cervical cell changes, genital warts, and recurrent respiratory papillomatosis. High-risk HPV types act as carcinogens in the development of cervical cancer and other anogenital cancers (3,4). High-risk types, including types 16, 18, 31, 33, 35, 39, 45, 51, 52, 56, 58, 59, 68, 69, 73, and 82, can cause low-grade cervical cell abnormalities, high-grade cervical cell abnormalities that are precursors to cancer, and anogenital cancers (5). High-risk HPV types are detected in 99% of cervical cancers (6); approximately 70% of cervical cancers worldwide are caused by types 16 and 18 (7). Although infection with high-risk types is considered necessary for the development of cervical cancer, it is not sufficient because the majority of women with high-risk HPV infection do not develop cancer (3,4). http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml…