Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology
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Rapid diagnostics are not available for several human pathogens in the genus Phlebovirus of the Bunyaviridae. ⋯ The assays should help to improve surveillance of pathogenic Phleboviruses.
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HIV-infected women are at increased risk for cervical dysplasia. Cervical dysplasia is caused by persistent infections with certain types of human papillomavirus (HPV). Conventional testing for genital HPV infections requires cervical cytology. A non-invasive screening method by detection of HPV DNA in urine samples is preferable but is not a routine practice. ⋯ In the present study we show that the HPV prevalence in urine and cervical smear samples of HIV-infected women is high and HPV test results are highly concordant. Therefore, urine samples can be used as medium for HPV testing. HPV testing in urine samples is a simple, reliable, non-invasive screening method.