Comparison of Digene and Cervista HPV DNA Tests

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Comparison of Digene and Cervista HPV DNA Tests

The table below compares the Digene and the two Cervista HPV Tests. All three methods use signal amplification.


Digene High Risk HPV HC2 DNACervista HPV HR ScreenCervista HPV 16/18
Probes
    RNA cocktail of RNA strands
      Complementary to HPV-assay types
        • Cocktail of nucleotide probes; complementary to assay HPV type's target region
        • Cocktail of nucleotides; complementary to one-half of target regions
        • Cocktail of nucleotide probes; complementary to type 16 and type 18 target region
        • Cocktail of nucleotides; complementary to one-half of type 16 and type 18 target region
        Hybridization ResultCreation of DNA:RNA hybrids Creation of 5' flaps Creation of 5' flaps
        Signal DetectedChemiluminescenceFluorescence Fluorescence
        Amplification Result3000 Fold 1-10 Million Fold 1-10 Million Fold
        Test ResultPositive or negative for the presence of the assay's HR-HPV typesPositive or negative for presence of the assay's HR-HPV typesPositive or negative for HPV 16;
        positive or negative for HPV 18