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Performance of visual inspection with acetic acid and human papillomavirus testing for detection of high‐grade cervical lesions in HIV positive and HIV negative Tanzanian women
Author(s) -
Dartell Myassa Arkam,
Rasch Vibeke,
Iftner Thomas,
Kahesa Crispin,
Mwaiselage Julius D.,
Junge Jette,
Gernow Anne,
Ejlersen Sussi Funch,
Munk Christian,
Kjaer Susanne Kruger
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
international journal of cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.475
H-Index - 234
eISSN - 1097-0215
pISSN - 0020-7136
DOI - 10.1002/ijc.28712
Subject(s) - medicine , tanzania , cervical cancer , gynecology , genotyping , obstetrics , human papillomavirus , cervical screening , cancer , oncology , genotype , biology , gene , biochemistry , environmental science , environmental planning
The aim of this cross sectional study was to assess type distribution of human papillomavirus (HPV) among HIV positive and HIV negative women who underwent cervical cancer screening, and to examine the ability of visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA), the standard detection method in Tanzania, and HPV‐testing to detect cytologically diagnosed high grade lesions or cancer (HSIL+). Women from different areas in Tanzania were invited by public announcement to cervical cancer screening organized by Ocean Road Cancer Institute (Dar‐es‐Salaam). A total of 3,767 women were enrolled. Women underwent gynecological examination with collection of cervical cells for conventional cytological examination, and swab for HPV‐DNA detection (Hybrid‐Capture2) and genotyping (LiPAv2 test). Subsequently VIA was performed. The participants were also tested for HIV. HPV16, HPV52 and HPV18 were the three most common HR HPV types among women with HSIL+ cytology with prevalences of 42.9, 35.7 and 28.6%, respectively, in HIV positive women which was higher than among HIV negative women (30.2, 21.9 and 16.7%). A total of 4.5% of the women were VIA positive, and VIA showed a low sensitivity compared to HPV‐testing for detection of HSIL+. The sensitivity of VIA varied with staff VIA experience, HIV status and age. Vaccines including HPV16, HPV52 and HPV18 will likely reduce the number of HSIL+ cases independently of HIV status. The frequency of HSIL+ was high among HIV positive women, emphasizing the importance of establishing a screening program which also reaches HIV positive women. Our results highlight the importance of continuous training of staff performing VIA, and also point to the need for other screening methods such as HPV‐testing at low cost.

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