Feasibility and acceptability of HPV self-collection and testing using Xpert® HPV in Botswana

Cervical cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths among women in Botswana. The burden of HPV-related disease is exacerbated by the high rate of HIV infection, which has an estimated prevalence of 22.8% among adults aged 15–49. We implemented a demonstration programme to evaluate the feas...

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Autor principal: Kitheka, Moses
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Mediscript Ltd 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6428150/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30997146
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description Cervical cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths among women in Botswana. The burden of HPV-related disease is exacerbated by the high rate of HIV infection, which has an estimated prevalence of 22.8% among adults aged 15–49. We implemented a demonstration programme to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of HPV self-collection and testing using Xpert® HPV in Botswana.
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spelling pubmed-64281502019-04-17 Feasibility and acceptability of HPV self-collection and testing using Xpert® HPV in Botswana Kitheka, Moses J Virus Erad Review Cervical cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths among women in Botswana. The burden of HPV-related disease is exacerbated by the high rate of HIV infection, which has an estimated prevalence of 22.8% among adults aged 15–49. We implemented a demonstration programme to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of HPV self-collection and testing using Xpert® HPV in Botswana. Mediscript Ltd 2019-03-04 /pmc/articles/PMC6428150/ /pubmed/30997146 Text en © 2019 The Authors. Journal of Virus Eradication published by Mediscript Ltd http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an open access article published under the terms of a Creative Commons License.
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Feasibility and acceptability of HPV self-collection and testing using Xpert® HPV in Botswana
title Feasibility and acceptability of HPV self-collection and testing using Xpert® HPV in Botswana
title_full Feasibility and acceptability of HPV self-collection and testing using Xpert® HPV in Botswana
title_fullStr Feasibility and acceptability of HPV self-collection and testing using Xpert® HPV in Botswana
title_full_unstemmed Feasibility and acceptability of HPV self-collection and testing using Xpert® HPV in Botswana
title_short Feasibility and acceptability of HPV self-collection and testing using Xpert® HPV in Botswana
title_sort feasibility and acceptability of hpv self-collection and testing using xpert® hpv in botswana
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6428150/
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