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The concordance of HPV DNA detection by Hybrid Capture 2 and careHPV on clinician- and self-collected specimens.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 Dec 2014
Chen Wen, Jeronimo Jose, Zhao Fang-Hui, Qiao You-Lin, Valdez Melissa, Zhang Xun, Kang Le-Ni, Bansil Pooja, Paul Proma, Bai Ping, Peck Roger, Li Jing, Chen Feng, Stoler Mark H, Castle Philip E
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: careHPV is a new, lower-cost DNA test for human papillomavirus (HPV). There are limited analytic comparisons of careHPV against a referent HPV DNA test like Hybrid Capture 2 (HC2). OBJECTIVE: To assess the test agreement between careHPV and HC2 on self- and clinician-collected specimens. STUDY DESIGN: In a population of 7541 women living in rural China, women provided a self-collected (sc) and two...
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