Self-testing for Trichomonas vaginalis at home using a point-of-care test by women who request kits via the Internet
Charlotte A. Gaydos A B C , Mary Jett-Goheen A , Mathilda Barnes A , Laura Dize A and Yu-Hsiang Hsieh BA 855 North Wolfe Street, 530 Rangos Building, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
B 5801 Smith Ave Davis Building, Suite 3220, Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21209, USA.
C Corresponding author. Email: cgaydos@jhmi.edu
Sexual Health 13(5) 491-493 https://doi.org/10.1071/SH16049
Submitted: 22 March 2016 Accepted: 17 June 2016 Published: 5 August 2016
Abstract
We offered a point-of-care test for Trichomonas vaginalis to women via the Internet to determine if it was acceptable to women to perform the test at home. Most of the 102 participants felt that it was easy to collect the specimen, follow the instructions, and read and interpret the results for the trichomonas self-testing assay.
Additional keyword: home testing.
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