“…7 Briefly, 10 l of extracted DNA from each specimen was used in reaction mixtures containing 10 mM Tris-HCl, 50 mM, 2 mM MgCl 2 , all 4 deoxyribonucleotide triphosfates (each at 200 M), 2.5 U of Taq Gold DNA polymerase (Applied Biosystems, Forster City, CA), and 0.5 M of each primer. After DNA polymerase activation (15 min at 94 • C), 39 amplification cycles were carried out (95 • C for 50 s, 55 • C for 50 s, and 72 • C for 1 min), with a 10 min final extension at 72 • C. The analytical sensitivity, established on the basis of p-GEM plasmids containing a 450 bp L1 fragment of HPV16, 18,31,33,35,45,61,81, was 100 copies/reaction for HPV16, 18, 31, 61 81, and 150 copies/reaction for HPV33, 35, 45. HPV positive samples were typed by RFLP: 15 l of each unpurified PCR products were primarily digested with RsaI enzyme, which provides digestion patterns specific for a large number of genotypes. The first recognition of HPV genotype performed by RsaI was confirmed by further treatments with PstI, HaeIII, BamHI, Sau 3aI and HinfI restriction enzymes.…”