Open AccessProspective Evaluation of Cervicovaginal Self- and Cervical Physician Collection for the Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Trichomonas vaginalis, and Mycoplasma genitalium Infections
Author(s) -
Alexandre Lockhart,
Matt Psioda,
Jie Ting,
Scott Campbell,
Nelly Mugo,
Jessie Kwatampora,
Michael Chitwa,
Joshua Kimani,
Anne Gakure,
Jennifer S. Smith
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
sexually transmitted diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.507
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1537-4521
pISSN - 0148-5717
DOI - 10.1097/olq.0000000000000778
Subject(s) - chlamydia trachomatis , trichomonas vaginalis , mycoplasma genitalium , medicine , neisseria gonorrhoeae , gynecology , prospective cohort study , chlamydia , trichomonas vaginitis , sexually transmitted disease , obstetrics , virology , syphilis , microbiology and biotechnology , immunology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , biology
This study aimed to examine the agreement between sexually transmitted infection (STI) screening using self-collected specimens and physician-collected specimens, and to investigate the acceptability of self-collection for screening in an 18-month study of female sex workers in a high-risk, low-resource setting.