[Usefulness of combining universal oligonucleotides in detecting human papillomavirus in cervical cancer and premalignant lesions].

Objective: To determine the prevalence of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection at different stages of the natural history of cervical cancer. Also, to optimize its detection by means of different sets of general primers.

Material And Methods: A descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted between January and December 1999.