Stability Study of Cervical Specimens Collected by Swab and Stored Dry Followed by Human Papillomavirus DNA Detection Using the cobas 4800 Test.

Of note, although the kappa value for HR-HPVs overall with the two sample types at a storage time of 14 days was slightly lower than that at 7 days, with marginal significance, no significant difference was seen in terms of accuracy in detecting CIN2+ and CIN3+ using the cobas HPV test with LBC and swab samples.

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