Table 1

Primers and probes used for detection of human papilloavirus type 16 (HPV-16) DNA by the polymerase chain reaction

Primer/ProbePositionProduct (bp)
The primers and probes for the E6 regions of HPV-6, HPV-16, and HPV-18 were the same as those reported by McNicol et al.25
HPV-16 E1
    Sense (16E1-a)5′-ACCATGGCTGATCCTGCAG-3′862–8802087
    Antisense (16E1-b)5′-TGATACAGCCAGTGTTGGCA-3′2930–2947
HPV-16 E2
    Sense (16E2-a)5′-TGGAAACACATGCGCCTAGA-3′2851–2870471
    Sense (16E2-a‘)5′-ATGGAGACTCTTTGCCAACG-3′2755–2774566
    Antisense (16E2-b)5′-ACCCGCATGAACTTCCCATA-3′3302–3321
HPV-16 E4
    Sense (16E4-a)5′-AACGAAGTATCCTCTCCTGAA-3′3361–3381201
    Antisense (16E4-b)5′-GACAGTGCTCCAATCCTCACT-3′3542–3561
HPV-16 E5
    Sense (16E5-a)5′-CATCCACAACATTACTGGCG-3′3868–3887228
    Antisense (16E5-b)5′-CACATGCACGCTTTTTAATTAC-3′4074–4095
HPV-16 E6
    Sense (16E6-a)5′-CACCAAAAGAGAACTGCAATG-3′86–106413
    Sense (16E6-a‘)5′-GATGGGAATCCATATGCTGTA-3′269–289240
    Antisense (16E6-b)5′-TCGACCGGTCCACCGACCCCT-3′488–508
    Probe5′-GCCACTGTGTCCTGAAGAAAAGC-3′427–449
HPV-16 E7
    Sense (16E7-a)5′-CCAGAGACAACTGATCTCTAC-3′610–630171
    Sense (16E7-a‘)5′-ATGCATGGAGATACACCTACA-3′562–582119
    Antisense (16E7-b)5′-GTGTGTGCTTTGTACGCACAAC-3′759–780
    Probe5′-TAACCTTTTGTTGCAAGTGTGACTCTACGCTTCG-3′725–758
HPV-16 L1
    Sense (16L1-a)5′-TGCTAGTGCTTATGCAGCAA-3′6029–6048151
    Sense (16L1-a‘)5′-GGAGGACTGGAATTTTGGTC-3′6833–6852321
    Antisense (16L1-b)5′-ATTTACTGCAACATTGGTAC-3′6160–6179
    Antisense (16L1-b‘)5′-TTACAGCTTACGTTTTTTGCGT-3′7133–7154
HPV-16 L2
    Sense (16L2-a)5′-TGCAGAAACTGGAGGGCATT-3′4756–4775368
    Antisense (16L2-b)5′-CTAGAGGTTAATGCTGGCCT-3′5105–5124