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Acceptability of self- collection for human papillomavirus detection in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2020
Taku Ongeziwe, Meiring Tracy L, Gustavsson Inger, Phohlo Keletso, Garcia-Jardon Mirta, Mbulawa Zizipho Z A, Businge Charles B, Gyllensten Ulf, Williamson Anna-Lise
Abstract excerpt
Human papillomavirus (HPV) testing on vaginal self-collected and cervical clinician-collected specimens shows comparable performance. Self-sampling on FTA cards is suitable for women residing in rural settings or not attending regular screening and increases participation rate in the cervical cancer screening programme. We aimed to investigate and compare high-risk (HR)-HPV prevalence in clinician-collected and...
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