Patent ID: 7470512

Claim:
A first hybridization assay probe for use in determining the presence of HPV Type 16 nucleic acid in a sample, wherein the base sequence of said first probe is up to 100 bases in length and consists of a first target binding region having no more than a 10% base difference with a complete base sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:6, SEQ ID NO:7 and SEQ ID NO:8 and, optionally, additional nucleotides that are non-complementary to nucleic acid derived from HPV Type 16 adjacent the complement of said first target binding region, wherein said first probe forms a detectable probe:target duplex with a first target nucleic acid sequence derived from HPV Type 16 under selective stringency hybridization conditions, and wherein said first probe does not form a detectable probe:non-target duplex with nucleic acid derived from HPV Type 18 under said conditions.