{"entity": "publication", "iuid": "34384c9a32494678960d20b24660b15c", "timestamp": "2026-08-29T04:18:12.584Z", "links": {"self": {"href": "https://publications-affiliated.scilifelab.se/publication/34384c9a32494678960d20b24660b15c.json"}, "display": {"href": "https://publications-affiliated.scilifelab.se/publication/34384c9a32494678960d20b24660b15c"}}, "title": "Clinical validation of the HPVIR high-risk HPV test on cervical samples according to the international guidelines for human papillomavirus DNA test requirements for cervical cancer screening.", "authors": [{"family": "Gustavsson", "given": "Inger", "initials": "I"}, {"family": "Aarnio", "given": "Riina", "initials": "R"}, {"family": "Myrn\u00e4s", "given": "Mattias", "initials": "M"}, {"family": "Hedlund-Lindberg", "given": "Julia", "initials": "J"}, {"family": "Taku", "given": "Ongeziwe", "initials": "O"}, {"family": "Meiring", "given": "Tracy", "initials": "T"}, {"family": "Wikstr\u00f6m", "given": "Ingrid", "initials": "I"}, {"family": "Enroth", "given": "Stefan", "initials": "S"}, {"family": "Williamson", "given": "Anna-Lise", "initials": "AL"}, {"family": "Olovsson", "given": "Matts", "initials": "M"}, {"family": "Gyllensten", "given": "Ulf", "initials": "U", "orcid": "0000-0002-6316-3355", "researcher": {"href": "https://publications-affiliated.scilifelab.se/researcher/eacfdf2095e947e99ac45fe994261b72.json"}}], "type": "evaluation study", "published": "2019-08-22", "journal": {"title": "Virol. J.", "issn": "1743-422X", "volume": "16", "issue": "1", "pages": "107", "issn-l": "1743-422X"}, "abstract": "The indicating FTA card is a dry medium used for collection of cervical samples. HPVIR is a multiplex real-time PCR test that detects 12 high-risk human papillomavirus types (hrHPV) and provides single genotype information for HPV16, - 31, - 35, - 39, - 51, - 56, and - 59 and pooled type information for HPV18/45 and HPV33/52/58. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether a strategy with cervical samples collected on the FTA card and subsequently analysed with the HPVIR test complies with the criteria of the international guidelines for a clinically validated method for cervical screening.\n\nWe performed a non-inferiority test comparing the clinical sensitivity and specificity of the candidate test (FTA card and HPVIR) with a clinically validated reference test (Cobas\u00ae HPV test) based on liquid-based cytology (LBC) samples. Two clinical samples (LBC and FTA) were collected from 896 participants in population-based screening. For evaluation of the specificity we used 799 women without \u2265 CIN2, and for clinical sensitivity we used 67 women with histologically confirmed \u2265 CIN2. The reproducibility was studied by performing inter- and intra-laboratory tests of 558 additional clinical samples.\n\nThe clinical sensitivity and specificity for samples collected on the FTA card and analysed using the HPVIR test were non-inferior to samples analysed with the Cobas\u00ae HPV test based on LBC samples (non-inferiority test score, p = 1.0 \u00d7 10- 2 and p = 1.89 \u00d7 10- 9, respectively). Adequate agreement of > 87% was seen in both the intra- and inter-laboratory comparisons.\n\nSamples collected on the indicating FTA card and analysed with HPVIR test fulfil the requirements of the international guidelines and can therefore be used in primary cervical cancer screening.", "doi": "10.1186/s12985-019-1216-7", "pmid": "31438976", "labels": [], "xrefs": [{"db": "pmc", "key": "PMC6704622"}, {"db": "pii", "key": "10.1186/s12985-019-1216-7"}], "notes": [], "created": "2026-08-20T12:21:04.874Z", "modified": "2026-08-20T12:21:04.955Z"}