Abstract: The invention concerns human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA and more particularly the probes derived from these papillomaviruses, as well as the methods of detecting HPV using these probes. These human papillomaviruses are designated as HPV-2d, HPV-10b, HPV-14a, HPV-14b, HPV-15, HPV-17a, HPV-17b, HPV-19, HPV-20, HPV-21, HPV-22, HPV-23, HPV-24, HPV-28, HPV-29, HPV-31, HPV-32, HPV-IP2 and HPV-IP4.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 22, 1997
Date of Patent:
May 21, 2002
Assignees:
Institut Pasteur, Institut National de la Sante Fe et de la Rechereche
Medicale
Inventors:
Gerard Orth, Sylvie Beaudenon, Michel Favre, Dina Kremsdorf, Odile Croissant, Gerard Pehau-Arnaudet