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Feasibility and Acceptability of Anal Self-Sampling for Human Papillomavirus Screening in HIV-Infected Patients
Author(s) -
Catherine Tamalet,
Isabelle Ravaux,
Catherine Dhiver,
Amélie Menard,
Philippe Colson,
Andréas Stein
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
intervirology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.641
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1423-0100
pISSN - 0300-5526
DOI - 10.1159/000452710
Subject(s) - medicine , anal cancer , genotyping , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , gynecology , dysplasia , human papillomavirus , genotype , virology , biology , biochemistry , gene
Anal cancer incidence is increasing among HIV-positive patients. No consensus currently exists for the screening of anal dysplasia. This study aimed at evaluating the feasibility and acceptability of anal self-sampling and assessing the prevalence of human papillomavirus (HPV) types among HIV-positive patients from Marseille University Hospitals.

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