Women can safely skip the unpleasant speculum-based exam for human papillomavirus screening and instead test for the virus ...

Hologic's Panther system, on which the assay runs, processes the samples, delivering initial outcomes in under three hours.

Researchers have demonstrated that self-sampling is just as effective as speculum-based testing for HPV detection.

Urine specimens, self-collected vaginal, rectal or pharyngeal swabs and tampon specimens can all be used for chlamydia testing with NAATs. However, where sampling methods have not been approved by ...

We will use the same samples (endocervical swabs and placental tissue) from our previous study collected at a maternal and child referral center in Vitória da Conquista Bahia, Brazil. The cervical and ...

Vaginal swabs are useful for first-line HPV screening The researchers used a cohort of 193 people, between 25 and 65 years, who were either undergoing a routine screening or were at risk for cervical ...