Genital self-sampling compared with cervicovaginal lavage for the diagnosis of female genital schistosomiasis in Zambian women: The BILHIV study.
Amy S SturtEmily L WebbComfort R PhiriTobias MweeneNamakau CholaGovert Jan van DamPaul Leo Albert Maria CorstjensEls WesselsJohn Russell StothardRichard J HayesHelen M AylesIsaiah HansingoLisette van LieshoutAmaya L BustinduyPublished in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases (2020)
Genital self-sampling increased the overall number of PCR-based FGS diagnoses in a field setting, compared with CVL. Home-based sampling may represent a scalable alternative method for FGS community-based diagnosis in endemic resource limited settings.