Table 1

HPV/DNA detection by cervical cancer histological types

HPV negativea
 HPV positiveb
 Total
Squamous carcinoma
 54
 92
 146
Adenocarcinoma
 15
 20
 35
Adenosquamous
 1
 2
 3
Undifferentiated carcinoma
 2
 0
 2
Total
 72
 114
 186

a HPV not detected. All these samples were human β-globin gene negative, and therefore inadequate for HPV determination

b All β-globin gene positive

Odida et al. BMC Infectious Diseases 2008 8:85   doi:10.1186/1471-2334-8-85