Fall N. S., Tamalet C., Diagne N., Fenollar F., Raoult D., Sokhna Cheikh, Lagier J. C. (2019). Feasibility, acceptability, and accuracy of vaginal self-sampling for screening human papillomavirus types in women from rural areas in Senegal. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 100 (6), p. 1552-1555. ISSN 0002-9637.
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Feasibility, acceptability, and accuracy of vaginal self-sampling for screening human papillomavirus types in women from rural areas in Senegal
Fall N. S., Tamalet C., Diagne N., Fenollar F., Raoult D., Sokhna Cheikh, Lagier J. C.
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American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2019,
100 (6), p. 1552-1555 ISSN 0002-9637
Vaginal self-sampling and human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA testing can be useful tools for women with limited access to health care living in sub-Saharan Africa. To assess the feasibility and acceptability of vaginal self-sampling and high-risk HPV prevalence in two villages of central Senegal, women were asked to self-sample vaginal swabs for HPV detection in May, 2016. Vaginal swabs were collected from 133 women and were tested for HPV genotyping. The acceptability rate of vaginal self-sampling was 98.5%, and 99.2% of the women (133/134) used the device correctly. The quality of self-sampling was satisfactory in 100% of the samples; 10.5% of the samples were positive for HPV, including 6% with high-risk HPV types and4% with low-risk HPV types. This preliminary study indicates that vaginal self-sampling is a valuable strategy for high-risk HPV detection and cervical cancer screening in a population of women not attending gynecologic screening in rural areas of Senegal.