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Title
Validation of intra- and inter-laboratory reproducibility of the Xpert HPV assay according to the international guidelines for cervical cancer screening
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BackgroundCervical cancer screening with assays detecting DNA of high-risk human papillomavirus (hrHPV) types is more effective than cytology-based screening. This study completes the diagnostic accuracy assessment conducted previously within the framework of VALGENT-2 (Validation of HPV genotyping Tests) and aims to determine whether the reproducibility of Xpert HPV is in line with international validation criteria.MethodsValidation of new hrHPV DNA assays requires demonstration of good reproducibility and non-inferior clinical accuracy for cervical precancer compared to a standard comparator assay. The international reproducibility criteria are: lower bound of 95% confidence interval of the intra- and inter-laboratory agreement regarding detection of high-risk HPV DNA exceeding 87% with kappa 0.5.ResultsThe Xpert HPV assay showed high intra-laboratory reproducibility with an overall positivity/negativity agreement of 96.9% and a kappa of 0.925. Inter-laboratory testing showed an agreement of 97.8% with a kappa of 0.948.ConclusionsThe Xpert HPV assay fulfills the HPV test reproducibility criterion requirement for use in cervical cancer screening.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Virology journal. - London
Publication
London : 2018
ISSN
1743-422X
DOI
10.1186/S12985-018-1076-6
Volume/pages
15 (2018) , 5 p.
Article Reference
166
ISI
000448862200001
Pubmed ID
30373616
Medium
E-only publicatie
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