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Acceptability and Accuracy of Cervical Cancer Screening Using a Self-Collected Tampon for HPV Messenger-RNA Testing among HIV-Infected Women in South Africa

BACKGROUND: HIV increases women’s risk for high-risk human papillomavirus (hrHPV) infection and invasive cervical cancer. South Africa has a high HIV prevalence but low cervical cancer screening coverage. Self-collection of cervical specimens and hrHPV testing, including hrHPV messenger-RNA (mRNA) t...

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Autores principales: Adamson, Paul C., Huchko, Megan J., Moss, Alison M., Kinkel, Hans F., Medina-Marino, Andrew
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4557833/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26332236
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0137299