Patent ID: 7531305

Claim:
A method of detecting the presence of HPV in a sample comprising the following steps: amplifying and labeling part of the E1 HPV gene, wherein amplification is performed using a primer pair selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:1/SEQ ID NO:4, SEQ ID NO:2/SEQ ID NO:4, SEQ ID NO:3/SEQ ID NO:4, SEQ ID NO:5/SEQ ID NO:6, SEQ ID NO:7/SEQ ID NO:8, SEQ ID NO:9/SEQ ID NO: 11, SEQ ID NO:9/SEQ ID NO:13, SEQ ID NO:10/SEQ ID NO:11, and SEQ ID NO:12/SEQ ID NO:11 to thereby form a labeled fragment; hybridizing the labeled fragment to a solid support upon which a plurality of HPV E1-gene specific capture probes are immobilized, wherein the HPV E1-gene specific capture probes are selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:24 to SEQ ID NO:59, and wherein the HPV E1-gene specific capture probes are optionally immobilized on the support as synthesized oligonucleotides or are optionally built on the support by light-directed oligonucleotide synthesis; removing uncaptured labeled fragments; and detecting the captured labeled fragment, wherein detection of the fragment indicates presence of HPV in the sample.