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HPV question

Andy tbiotech at indigo.ie
Thu Jan 22 08:03:27 EST 1998


Human Papilloma Virus
A recently published article stated that >90% of cervical cancers can be
attributed to HPV therefore various pharmaceutical giants are developing
a vaccine... etc. etc. etc.
Now excuse my ignorance (microbiologist!), one can presume the vaccine
promotes the production of anti HPV antibodies in the blood stream!
Conversely then, instead of conducting smears, could one not just
perform an ELISA test (or similar) to detect HPV antibodies (on non
vaccinated individuals). Positive results = cervical cancer!

Am I right or just plain stupid? Please correct me!!!

Regards

Andy

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