%0 Journal Article %T Use of FTA elute card impregnated with cervicovaginal sample directly into the amplification reaction increases the detection of human papillomavirus DNA %A Santos %A Carla R. %A Franciscatto %A Laura G. %A Barcellos %A Regina B. %A Almeida %A Sabrina E. M %A Rossetti %A Maria Lucia R. %J Brazilian Journal of Microbiology %D 2012 %I Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia %R 10.1590/S1517-83822012000100047 %X this study aimed to evaluate the use of the fta elute cardtm impregnated with cervicovaginal sample directly in the pcr amplification for detection of hpv-dna. the results were compared to a reference technique. this method was more efficient than the protocol indicated by the manufacturer, identifying 91.7% against 54.2% of the positive samples. %K hpv %K cervical cancer %K fta elute %K molecular detection. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1517-83822012000100047&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en