To clarify the distribution and relative risk of different human papillomavirus (HPV) genotypes in cervical preinvasive lesions, 1246 women with abnormal Papanicolaou smear including atypical squamous cell of unknown significance (ASCUS), atypical glandular cell of unknown significance (AGUS), low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (LSIL), and high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (HSIL...

BACKGROUND Studies suggest that testing for individual human papillomavirus (HPV) genotypes can improve risk stratification in women with minor cytologic abnormalities. We evaluated genotyping for HPV16, HPV16/18, and HPV16/18/45 in carcinogenic HPV-positive women with atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASCUS) and low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (LSIL) cytology. M...

CONTEXT The Food and Drug Administration has recently approved several devices that use computerized image analysis to rescreen Papanicolaou (Pap) smears that have already been examined by cytotechnologists. Physicians and laboratories must decide whether the utility of these devices justifies the cost. OBJECTIVE To determine the effectiveness and cost of PAPNET-assisted rescreening in identi...

Multiple human papillomavirus (HPV) genotypes often coexist within cervical epithelia and are frequently detected together in smears of different grades of cervical neoplasia. Describing the association between multiple infections and cervical disease is important in generating hypotheses regarding its pathogenesis. We analyzed the prevalence of multiple HPV infections and their attribution to ...

OBJECTIVE There is insufficient data on geriatric period cervical cytology screening in our country. The aim of this study was to compare the cervical cytological results among elderly women and women aged between 45-64 years. MATERIAL AND METHOD A comparison of cervical cytological results of 273 women aged over 65 years and 388 women aged between 45-64 years from January 2010 to June 2013 w...

THE PRESENT report on the chromosomes of Neurospora crassa represents the results of observations which were confined to a period of ten weeks in the biological laboratories of Stanford University. The purpose of this study was to obtain some knowledge of nuclear and chromosome behavior in normal and mutant strains. The author realizes that no single phase of these investigations could be adequ...

Diploschistes pakistanicus sp. nov. is described from the Himalayan moist temperate forest, Pakistan. ITS sequences confirm its position within genus and, together with morphology and chemistry, suggest that it separate other species of this genus. The taxon characterized by grey to greyish white pruinose thallus, perithecioid-type ascomata, small apothecia 0.1‒0.4 mm wide, hypothecium 20‒25µm ...