Abnormal cervical smears in the unchanged uterine cervix: difficulties in the screening, diagnosis, and treatment of cervical intraepithelial neoplasias and microinvasive cancer by L. I. Korolenkova

“…To avoid hypodiagnosis, it is justifiable to prefer human papillomavirus testing (Hybrid Capture 2 (HC2)) to repeat smears for the choice of a management tactic. Conization is recommend ed as a diagnostic and/or therapeutic procedure when the viral load is high in over 35-year-old patients with abnormal smears anda hidden transformation area.…”
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Herpesvirus infections in ARVI episodes in children by T.A. Ruzhentsova, R.V. Popova, A.A. Garbuzov, E.K. Shushakova, I.N. Khalyastov

“…The presence of herpesvirus DNA in smears from the posterior pharyngeal wall and tonsils was detected in 234 (20.9%) children: 178 (15.9%) — isolated, 56 (5.0%) — in various combinations. …”
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