Design and methods of the evaluation of an HPV-based cervical cancer screening strategy in Mexico: the Morelos HPV study Diseño y métodos de la evaluación del uso de la prueba de virus de papiloma humano para tamizaje de cáncer cervical en México: el estudio de VPH en Morelos

Objective. The purpose of this paper is to describe the design and methodology of the Morelos HPV Study. The main objective of this study is to examine the use of two different methods for obtaining HPV DNA specimens, self-collected vaginal and clinician-collected cervical, to detect pre-invasive ce...

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Main Authors: Yvonne Flores, Keerti Shah, Eduardo Lazcano, Mauricio Hernández, David Bishai, Daron G Ferris, Attila Lörincz, Pilar Hernández, Jorge Salmerón
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública 2002-07-01
Series:Salud Pública de México
Subjects:
VPH
HPV
Online Access:http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-36342002000400007