| self-collection of vaginal specimens for human papillomavirus testing in cervical cancer prevention (march): a community-based randomised controlled trial. | vaginal self-sampling for human papillomavirus (hpv) dna testing could increase rates of screening participation. in clinic-based settings, vaginal hpv testing is at least as sensitive as cytology for detecting cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (cin) grade 2 or worse; however, effectiveness in home settings is unknown. we aimed to establish the relative sensitivity and positive predictive value for hpv screening of vaginal samples self-collected at home as compared with clinic-based cervical cy ... | 2011 | 22051739 |
| prevalence and distribution of human papillomavirus types in cervical cancer, squamous intraepithelial lesions, and with no intraepithelial lesions in women from southern mexico. | this study was to establish the frequency of hpv infection and which hpv types are circulating in women with cervical cancer (cc), with squamous intraepithelial lesions (sil), and with no intraepithelial lesion (non-il) from the state of guerrero in southern mexico. additionally, we investigated the frequency and distribution of hpv 16 intratypic variants found in this population. | 2010 | 20199804 |
| geographical variation in human papillomavirus prevalence in mexican women with normal cytology. | to determine the prevalence of human papillomavirus (hpv) infection and genotype distribution in mexican women with similar lifestyles from two geographical regions who receive medical care from the mexican navy health system, and to identify the associated sociodemographic and reproductive characteristics. | 2010 | 20952235 |