Randomized Comparison of Two Vaginal Self-Sampling Methods for Human Papillomavirus Detection: Dry Swab versus FTA Cartridge

BACKGROUND: Human papillomavirus (HPV) self-sampling (self-HPV) is valuable in cervical cancer screening. HPV testing is usually performed on physician-collected cervical smears stored in liquid-based medium. Dry filters and swabs are an alternative. We evaluated the adequacy of self-HPV using two d...

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Published in:PLoS One
Main Authors: Catarino, Rosa, Vassilakos, Pierre, Bilancioni, Aline, Vanden Eynde, Mathieu, Meyer-Hamme, Ulrike, Menoud, Pierre-Alain, Guerry, Frédéric, Petignat, Patrick
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2015
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4668032/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26630353
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0143644
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