Accuracy of Curable Sexually Transmitted Infections and Genital Mycoplasmas Screening by Multiplex Real-Time PCR Using a Self-Collected Veil among Adult Women in Sub-Saharan Africa

201924 citationsJournal Articlehybrid Open Access

Authors

Zita Aleyo Nodjikouambaye · University of N'Djamena

Fabrice Compain · Délégation Paris 5

Damthéou Sadjoli · University of N'Djamena

Ralph‐Sydney Mboumba Bouassa · Hôpital Européen Georges-Pompidou

Hélène Péré · Délégation Paris 5

David Veyer · Hôpital Européen Georges-Pompidou

Leman Robin

Abstract

Veil-based self-collection of female genital secretions constitutes a convenient tool to collect in gentle way cervicovaginal secretions for accurate molecular detection of genital bacteria. Such sampling procedure could be easily implemented in STIs clinics in sub-Saharan Africa.

Topics & Keywords

Reproductive tract infections research Syphilis Diagnosis and Treatment Cervical Cancer and HPV Research

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volume 2019, pp. 1-15

DOI: 10.1155/2019/8639510

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