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Title: Visual diagnosis of female genital schistosomiasis in Zambian women from hand-held colposcopy: agreement of expert image review and association with clinical symptoms.
Authors: Sturt, Amy1,2 amysturt@stanford.edu, Bristowe, Henrietta3, Webb, Emily4, Hansingo, Isaiah5, Phiri, Comfort6, Mudenda, Maina5, Mapani, Joyce5, Mweene, Tobias6, Levecke, Bruno7, Cools, Piet7,8, van Dam, Govert9, Corstjens, Paul10, Ayles, Helen6,11, Hayes, Richard4, Francis, Suzanna4, van Lieshout, Lisette9, Vwalika, Bellington12, Kjetland, Eyrun13,14, Bustinduy, Amaya L.11
Source: Wellcome Open Research. 2023, p1-36. 36p.
Subject Terms: Schistosomiasis, Colposcopy, Diagnosis, Blood vessels, Genital cancer
Abstract: Background: Female genital schistosomiasis (FGS) can occur in S. haematobium infection and is caused by egg deposition in the genital tract. Confirming a diagnosis of FGS is challenging due to the lack of a diagnostic reference standard. A 2010 expert-led consensus meeting proposed visual inspection of the cervicovaginal mucosa as an adequate reference standard for FGS diagnosis. The agreement of expert human reviewers for visual-FGS has not been previously described. Methods: In two Zambian communities, non-menstruating, nonpregnant, sexually-active women aged 18-31 years participating in the HPTN 071 (PopART) Population-Cohort were enrolled in a crosssectional study. Self-collected genital swabs and a urine specimen were collected at a home visit; trained midwives performed cervicovaginal lavage (CVL) and hand-held colposcopy at a clinic visit. S. haematobium eggs and circulating anodic antigen (CAA) were detected from urine. Two senior physicians served as expert reviewers and independently diagnosed visual-FGS as the presence of sandy patches, rubbery papules or abnormal blood vessels in cervicovaginal images obtained by hand-held colposcopy. PCR-FGS was defined as Schistosoma DNA detected by real-time PCR in any genital specimen (CVL or genital swab). Results: Of 527 women with cervicovaginal colposcopic images, 468/527 (88.8%) were deemed interpretable by Reviewer 1 and 417/527 (79.1%) by Reviewer 2. Visual-FGS was detected in 35.3% (165/468) of participants by expert review of colposcopic images by Reviewer 1 and in 63.6% (265/417) by Reviewer 2. Cohen’s kappa statistic for agreement between the two reviewers was 0.16, corresponding to "slight" agreement. The reviewers made concordant diagnoses in 38.7% (204/527) participants (100 negative, 104 positive) and discordant diagnoses in 31.8% (168/527) participants. Conclusions: The unexpectedly low level of correlation between expert reviewers highlights the imperfect nature of visual diagnosis for FGS based on cervicovaginal images. This finding is a call to action for improved point-of-care diagnostics for female genital schistosomiasis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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  Data: Background: Female genital schistosomiasis (FGS) can occur in S. haematobium infection and is caused by egg deposition in the genital tract. Confirming a diagnosis of FGS is challenging due to the lack of a diagnostic reference standard. A 2010 expert-led consensus meeting proposed visual inspection of the cervicovaginal mucosa as an adequate reference standard for FGS diagnosis. The agreement of expert human reviewers for visual-FGS has not been previously described. Methods: In two Zambian communities, non-menstruating, nonpregnant, sexually-active women aged 18-31 years participating in the HPTN 071 (PopART) Population-Cohort were enrolled in a crosssectional study. Self-collected genital swabs and a urine specimen were collected at a home visit; trained midwives performed cervicovaginal lavage (CVL) and hand-held colposcopy at a clinic visit. S. haematobium eggs and circulating anodic antigen (CAA) were detected from urine. Two senior physicians served as expert reviewers and independently diagnosed visual-FGS as the presence of sandy patches, rubbery papules or abnormal blood vessels in cervicovaginal images obtained by hand-held colposcopy. PCR-FGS was defined as Schistosoma DNA detected by real-time PCR in any genital specimen (CVL or genital swab). Results: Of 527 women with cervicovaginal colposcopic images, 468/527 (88.8%) were deemed interpretable by Reviewer 1 and 417/527 (79.1%) by Reviewer 2. Visual-FGS was detected in 35.3% (165/468) of participants by expert review of colposcopic images by Reviewer 1 and in 63.6% (265/417) by Reviewer 2. Cohen’s kappa statistic for agreement between the two reviewers was 0.16, corresponding to "slight" agreement. The reviewers made concordant diagnoses in 38.7% (204/527) participants (100 negative, 104 positive) and discordant diagnoses in 31.8% (168/527) participants. Conclusions: The unexpectedly low level of correlation between expert reviewers highlights the imperfect nature of visual diagnosis for FGS based on cervicovaginal images. This finding is a call to action for improved point-of-care diagnostics for female genital schistosomiasis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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