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Prevalence of vaginal and cervical HPV infection among 35-year age cohort ever-married women in Kalutara district of Sri Lanka and the validity of vaginal HPV/DNA specimen as a cervical cancer screening tool: a cross-sectional study

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-024-10150-4

Published Online: 2024-11-05

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Perera, KCM

Mapitigama, KN

Abeysena, HTCS
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Article History

Received: 12 April 2024

Accepted: 29 October 2024

First Online: 5 November 2024

Declarations

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: Ethical clearance was obtained from the Ethics Review Committee (ERC), National Institute of Health Science (NIHS), Kalutara Sri Lanka (ref. number NIHS/ERC/18/06R). Informed written consent was obtained from each of the selected participants in the field during the study. Confidentiality was highly maintained while handing over individual HPV/DNA result reports. Administrative clearance to conduct the study was obtained from the Provincial Director of Health Services/Western Province, Regional Director of Health Services/Kalutara district, Director/ District General Hospital Kalutara, and Director /NIHS, Kalutara.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare no competing interests.

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