Table 2 Current approaches to cervical cancer screening. WHO recommends using HPV DNA detection as the primary screening test among the general population of women, and using partial genotyping, colposcopy, visual inspection with acetic acid or cytology to triage women after a positive HPV DNA. HPV mRNA is an alternative method to HPV DNA tests for HPV detection

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