Table III.

Telomere length and HPV infection.

Sample type	Measurement method	Association/significance	Authors/(Refs.)
Tissue sample	PCR-based TRAP assay	No correlation between HPV infection/telomere length	Zhang et al (233)
Cervical exfoliated cells	PCR	Shorter telomere length/lower risk of cancer in HPV-positive women; telomere length may function as a biomarker to detect high-risk individuals during screening	Chen et al (197)

TRAP, telomerase repeat amplification protocol; HPV, human papillomavirus.