Table 6.

Methodologies of prior OPSC HPV South African studies

Study	Methodology
Van Rensburg et al. [17]	ISH (for 6, 11, 16, 18); IHC for HPV L1 viral capsid
Van Rensburg et al. [18]	PCR (for 6, 11, 16 and 18) with Southern blot confirmation
Boy et al. [19]	PCR (16 and 18); regular and amplified ISH for pan-HPV