Comparison of the roche cobas® 4800 HPV assay to roche amplicor for detection of high-risk human papillomavirus

S. Phillips, A. M. Cornall, D. A. Machalek, S. M. Garland, D. Bateson, M. Garefalakis, S. N. Tabrizi

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Abstract

Roche Amplicor HPV (AMP) had previously been used for detection of high-risk human papillomavirus (HR-HPV) in epidemiological and clinical studies. As this assay is no longer available, we compared its performance using PreservCyt samples from women aged of 18–24 years attending for routine cervical cytology screening to Roche Cobas® 4800 (Cobas) to determine if subsequent studies could continue using the Cobas assay. Overall 507 samples were tested on Cobas and compared to previous AMP results, with discrepant samples tested on Roche Linear Array. Results: Overall, agreement between the Cobas and AMP for the presence of HR HPV types was very high (κ = 0.81) (95 % CI: 0.76 - 0.87) with percentage agreement of 91.57 %. Cobas is comparable to AMP for the detection of HR-HPV types in a community recruited cohort of healthy women.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1305-1307
Number of pages3
JournalEuropean Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
Volume35
Issue number8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 13 May 2016
Externally publishedYes

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Keywords

  • family planning clinic
  • discrepant sample
  • roche linear array
  • cobas testing
  • attend family planning clinic

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