Article
Comparison of DNA testing strategies in monitoring human papillomavirus infection prevalence through simulation.
BMC infectious diseases - 7 Nov 2016
Lin Carol Y, Li Ling
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: HPV DNA diagnostic tests for epidemiology monitoring (research purpose) or cervical cancer screening (clinical purpose) have often been considered separately. Women with positive Linear Array (LA) polymerase chain reaction (PCR) research test results typically are neither informed nor referred for colposcopy. Recently, a sequential testing by using Hybrid Capture 2 (HC2) HPV clinical test as a triage...
Topics
- Algorithms
- Computer Simulation
- DNA, Viral
- Female
- Genotype
- Human papillomavirus 16
- Humans
- Molecular Diagnostic Techniques
- Papillomavirus Infections
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Prevalence