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https://read.qxmd.com/read/26462192/vaginal-self-sampling-for-human-papillomavirus-infection-as-a-primary-cervical-cancer-screening-tool-in-a-haitian-population
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MULTICENTER STUDY
Joel C Boggan, David K Walmer, Gregory Henderson, Nahida Chakhtoura, Schatzi H McCarthy, Harry J Beauvais, Jennifer S Smith
BACKGROUND: Human papillomavirus (HPV) testing as primary cervical cancer screening has not been studied in Caribbean women. We tested vaginal self-collection versus physician cervical sampling in a population of Haitian women. METHODS: Participants were screened for high-risk HPV with self-performed vaginal and clinician-collected cervical samples using Hybrid Capture 2 assays (Qiagen, Gaithersburg, MD). Women positive by either method then underwent colposcopy with biopsy of all visible lesions...
November 2015: Sexually Transmitted Diseases
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