translate English to French: Hybridization assays are relatively new methods for detection of HPV and are limited by as-yet poorly defined sensitivity and specificity and problems of interpretation, at least partly related to adequacy of sampling technique.<15,11,20,21,23,24> In situ hybridization is less sensitive than the other DNA identification techniques; the filter in situ method may have a higher incidence of false-positive reactions.
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