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Accuracy of self-collected vaginal dry swabs using the Xpert human papillomavirus assay

BACKGROUND: Polymerase chain reaction-based Xpert human papillomavirus (HPV) assay is a rapid test that detects high-risk HPV (hrHPV) infection. This point-of-care test is usually performed by collecting a cervical specimen in a vial of PreservCyt® transport medium. We compared HPV test positivity a...

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Autores principales: Catarino, Rosa, Vassilakos, Pierre, Bilancioni, Aline, Bougel, Stéphanie, Boukrid, Meriem, Meyer-Hamme, Ulrike, Petignat, Patrick
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5547698/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28750015
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0181905