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ArticleDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Validation of Rapid Point-of-Care Diagnostic Tests for Sexually Transmitted Infection Self-Testing Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women.

Krishnaveni Reddy, Jiaying Hao, Nompumelelo Sigcu, Merusha Govindasami, Nomasonto Matswake, Busisiwe Jiane, Reolebogile Kgoa, Lindsay Kew, Nkosiphile Ndlovu, Reginah Stuurman and 4 more

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Article in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Krishnaveni ReddyWits RHI, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2001, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-3881-2704
Jiaying HaoDepartment of Medicine, Heersink School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1695-3696
Nompumelelo SigcuWits RHI, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2001, South Africa.
Merusha GovindasamiWits RHI, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2001, South Africa.ORCID 0009-0001-1332-4333
Nomasonto MatswakeWits RHI, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2001, South Africa.
Busisiwe JianeWits RHI, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2001, South Africa.
Reolebogile KgoaWits RHI, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2001, South Africa.
Lindsay KewWits RHI, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2001, South Africa.
Nkosiphile NdlovuWits RHI, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2001, South Africa.ORCID 0009-0008-3206-9666
Reginah StuurmanWits RHI, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2001, South Africa.
Hlengiwe MposulaWits RHI, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2001, South Africa.
Jennifer Ellen BalkusSchool of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
Renee HeffronDepartment of Medicine, Heersink School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.
Thesla Palanee-PhillipsWits RHI, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2001, South Africa.

Funding

Feasibility pilot of home-based STI testing and risk self-assessment among adolescent girls in South Africa to trigger PrEP re-startR34MH126743 · NIMH · WITS HEALTH CONSORTIUM (PTY), LTD · PI HEFFRON, RENEE A., PALANEE, THESLA · 2021 to 2023
$586k
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases R01AI155000NIMH NIH HHS R34 MH126743NIMH NIH HHS R34MH126743
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accuracychlamydiagonorrheaself-testing optionssensitivitySTItrichomoniasisvaginal swabsvalidation

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PMID40647603
PMCPMC12249441

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