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