Factors Affecting the Detection Rate of Human Papillomavirus
Open Access
- 1 November 2003
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Annals of Family Medicine in Annals of Family Medicine
- Vol. 1 (4) , 221-227
- https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.90
Abstract
BACKGROUND Maximizing the accuracy of human papillomavirus (HPV) detection from a single sample is important for clinical and research purposes. The purpose of this study was to determine whether cyclic hormonal variation, recent sexual intercourse, interval between samplings, and the technique used to sample affect the detection of HPV.Keywords
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