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Clinical evaluation of high-risk HPV detection on self-samples using the indicating FTA-elute solid-carrier cartridge.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 Jun 2013
Geraets D T, van Baars R, Alonso I, Ordi J, Torné A, Melchers W J G, Meijer C J L M, Quint W G V
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: High-risk human papillomavirus (hrHPV) testing in cervical screening is usually performed on physician-taken cervical smears in liquid-based medium. However, solid-state specimen carriers allow easy, non-hazardous storage and transportation and might be suitable for self-collection by non-responders in screening and in low-resource settings. OBJECTIVES: We evaluated the adequacy of self-collected...
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