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

Despite concerns about proper use and test accuracy, more than 90% of young persons would use self-collection kits.

Genital human papillomavirus is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the United States and is thought to be ...

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

Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory encourages producers to be aware of Q fever and add precautions to their preparations.

Microbial signatures transferred during intercourse offer a new forensic tool, detectable even with condom use, enhancing ...

The PCR-based point-of-care assays, which return results within 20 minutes, have received regulatory approval from the US Food and Drug Administration earlier this year.

The test takes a sample ... and cervical cancer. This was most common in young women, and 65 per cent of those surveyed said they either hadn’t had a vaccine, or weren’t sure. Self-collection ...

Using a self-collection test, a woman or person with a cervix can independently take their own vaginal sample within a healthcare setting, without the need for a speculum, “stirrups”, or ...

Pap smears are a regular part of health care for those at risk of cervical cancer, but for many patients, the test can be uncomfortable or embarrassing.

system is a chromogenic diagnostic test based on the presence of elevated sialidase enzyme activity in vaginal fluid samples. This point-of-care test has consistently shown good sensitivity ...