ArticleThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2019
Feasibility, Acceptability, and Accuracy of Vaginal Self-Sampling for Screening Human Papillomavirus Types in Women from Rural Areas in Senegal.
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- Implementation research on noncommunicable disease prevention and control interventions in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review.PLoS medicine · 2022Pooled it
- The Acceptance of Human Papillomavirus Self-Sampling Test among Muslim Women:A Systematic Review.Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP · 2022Pooled it
- Impact of menopausal status on human papillomavirus detection and cervical neoplasia in middle-aged Senegalese women.PloS one · 2026Article
- Southern Vietnamese women's views on HPV vaccination, cervical cancer screening, and HPV self-sampling.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Barriers and Opportunities for HPV Self-Sampling in Underserved Rural Communities: Insights from a Mixed Methods Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Scoping review on the perceptions and attitude of women on methods for collecting cervicovaginal samples for Human Papillomavirus testing in Sub-Saharan Africa.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
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- Understanding of cervical cancer, acceptability of HPV self-collection, and prevalence of HPV in a semi-urban setting in Bangladesh.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
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- Human papillomavirus self-sampling versus standard clinician-sampling for cervical cancer screening in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Infectious agents and cancer · 2021Review
- Human Papilloma Virus self-sampling performance in low- and middle-income countries.BMC women's health · 2021Review
- Acceptability and Feasibility of Callascope Self-Imaging of the Cervix among Women in Ventanilla, Peru: A Mixed Methods Pilot Study.Journal of womens health and reproductive medicine · 2021Article
- Mobile cancer prevention and early detection outreach in Uganda: Partnering with communities toward bridging the cancer health disparities through "asset-based community development model".Cancer medicine · 2020Article
- Eliminating Cervical Cancer in Mali and Senegal, Two Sub-Saharan Countries: Insights and Optimizing Solutions.Vaccines · 2020Review
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Abstract
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 and 4% 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.
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