Comparison of self-collected vaginal swabs and first-void urine for detection of human papillomavirus in sexually active girls and women in three South Asian countries
Nigus Telele, Nishan Katuwal, Furqan Kabir, Sezanur Rahman, Sabin Bikram Shahi, Raja Ram Yadav, Fatima Aziz, Md Abir Hossain, Alexandra M Hill, Indriana Permatasari, Yubin Lee, Haeun Cho, Jiyoung Lee, Young Ae You, Hyeon Seon Ahn, Soim Park, Dipesh Tamrakar, Aneela Pasha, Anadil Alam, Farah Naz Rahman, Shafayatul Shiblee, Muslima Ejaz, M Imran Nisar, Troy D Querec, Bolarinde J Lawal, Edward M Choi, Deborah Watson-Jones, Pritha Basnet, Surendra Uranw, Rajeev Shrestha, Abha Shrestha, Fyezah Jehan, Quamrun Nahar, Aneeta Hotwani, Mustafizur Rahman, Julia A Lynch, Elizabeth R Unger, Ramokone Lisbeth Lebelo, Ramokone Lebelo, Ramokone Lebelo · 2026
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Nigus Telele and colleagues compare two self-sampling methods for human papillomavirus testing in a 2026 journal article. The virus can cause cervical cancer, and self-sampling could widen screening where clinics are scarce. Girls and women aged 15 to 25 in Bangladesh, Nepal, and Pakistan provided both a self-collected vaginal swab and a first-void urine sample.
Paired samples from 753 people were tested the same way for high-risk virus types. Rates for 14 high-risk types were 8.6 percent by swab and 7.2 percent by urine, and rates for vaccine-covered types were close. Each method caught some types the other missed, and samples with less virus were more likely to disagree. Overall agreement stayed high, supporting either method for large surveys.
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| CREATOR | Nigus Telele, Nishan Katuwal, Furqan Kabir, Sezanur Rahman, Sabin Bikram Shahi, Raja Ram Yadav, Fatima Aziz, Md Abir Hossain, Alexandra M Hill, Indriana Permatasari, Yubin Lee, Haeun Cho, Jiyoung Lee, Young Ae You, Hyeon Seon Ahn, Soim Park, Dipesh Tamrakar, Aneela Pasha, Anadil Alam, Farah Naz Rahman, Shafayatul Shiblee, Muslima Ejaz, M Imran Nisar, Troy D Querec, Bolarinde J Lawal, Edward M Choi, Deborah Watson-Jones, Pritha Basnet, Surendra Uranw, Rajeev Shrestha, Abha Shrestha, Fyezah Jehan, Quamrun Nahar, Aneeta Hotwani, Mustafizur Rahman, Julia A Lynch, Elizabeth R Unger, Ramokone Lisbeth Lebelo, Ramokone Lebelo, Ramokone Lebelo |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
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| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC0 |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |