HPV testing in cervical cancer formalin-fixed paraffin embedded tissues: Reliability of the Xpert HPV test and high-risk HPV genotypes distribution in Tunisia
This study demonstrated a high accuracy of the Xpert-HPV test for HR-HPVs detection and genotyping in FFPE CC tissues and revealed a distinct distribution of HR-HPVs in Tunisia.
Authors
- Ahlem Blel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6702-3889)
- Emna Chelbi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1562-1788)
- Monia Tangour
- Emna Romdhane (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0748-8195)
- Soumaya Rammeh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0366-4630)
- Mariem Ben Rekaya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7176-5201)
- Farah Sassi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2078-6795)
- Linda Bel Hadj Kacem
- Ahmed Med H’mayada
- Nadia Ben Mansour
- Yonny Arita Taher
- Baligh Miladi
Institutions
- Institut Supérieur des Études Technologiques de Nabeul (TN)
- Hôpital Charles-Nicolle (TN)
- Military Hospital of Tunis (TN)
- Tunis El Manar University (TN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2025-10-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0333600
- Primary Topic
- Cervical Cancer and HPV Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00