HPV prevalence in women attending cervical screening in rural Malawi Using the cartridge-based Xpert® HPV assay
Highlights • High-risk HPV (HR-HPV) prevalence in screening clinics in rural Malawi is 19.9%. • HR-HPV ‘other’ types (non HPV 16/18/45) predominate (63.8%) in screening specimens. • HPV 31 and related types accounting for two-thirds of the detections of HR-HPV ‘others’. • Xpert® HPV from Cepheid is...
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Published in: | Journal of clinical virology Vol. 87; pp. 1 - 4 |
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Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , , , , |
Format: | Journal Article |
Language: | English |
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Netherlands
Elsevier B.V
01-02-2017
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Summary: | Highlights • High-risk HPV (HR-HPV) prevalence in screening clinics in rural Malawi is 19.9%. • HR-HPV ‘other’ types (non HPV 16/18/45) predominate (63.8%) in screening specimens. • HPV 31 and related types accounting for two-thirds of the detections of HR-HPV ‘others’. • Xpert® HPV from Cepheid is a robust and easy to use HPV test with short turnaround time. • Xpert® HPV is expensive but otherwise suitable for use in low resourced settings. |
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Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 |
ISSN: | 1386-6532 1873-5967 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.jcv.2016.11.014 |