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My country offers new program free hpv testing by vaginal self-swab to public. how reliable this test rather than pap smear/cervix swab? do hpv also live on vulva? what if neg vaginal hpv swab test but the virus lives on vulva or other region?
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Public health...: A "country" is more interested in public health, but a "person" is interested more in personal health. They are equally important, so both should be done. A nation-wide screening program's job is to use available tax dollars to get the most benefit to the most people, but will not find every disease in every person (that is not the nation's goal). A person's own doctor does the other exams, tests.
Answered 11/19/2019
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