Randomized comparison of vaginal self-sampling by standard vs. dry swabs for Human papillomavirus testing

BMC Cancer

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Eperon, Isabelle ^a   Vassilakos, Pierre ^b   Navarria, Isabelle ^a   Menoud, Pierre Alain ^c   Gauthier, Aude ^c   Pache, Jean Claude ^a   Boulvain, Michel ^a   Untiet, Sarah ^a   Petignat, Patrick ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b WHO Collaborating Centre in Education and Research in Human Reproduction   (Switzerland)

^c Unilabs   (France)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer screening; HPV; Human papillomavirus; Self collected; Self HPV; Self sampling

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLPOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGICAL AND OBSTETRIC DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS TYPE 16; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS TYPE 18; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION RISK; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHYSICIAN SAMPLING; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAMPLING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; VAGINA CYTOLOGY; VAGINA SMEAR; VAGINAL SELF SAMPLING; VERRUCA VULGARIS; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; WART VIRUS; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PROCEDURES; SELF CARE; VAGINA; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SELF CARE; SPECIMEN HANDLING; VAGINA; VAGINAL SMEARS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880334468     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-13-353     Document Type: Article

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