About the Authors

Mette Tranberg

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

mettrani@rm.dk

Affiliation University Research Clinic for Cancer Screening, Department of Public Health Programmes, Randers Regional Hospital, Randers, Denmark

Lone Kjeld Petersen

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark, OPEN, Department of Clinical Medicine, Southern University of Denmark, Odense, Denmark

Anne Hammer

Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gødstrup Hospital, Herning, Denmark

Miriam Elfström

Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Center for Cervical Cancer Prevention, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, Regional Cancer Center of Stockholm-Gotland, Stockholm, Sweden

Jan Blaakær

Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

Susanne Fogh Jørgensen

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation University Research Clinic for Cancer Screening, Department of Public Health Programmes, Randers Regional Hospital, Randers, Denmark

Mary Holten Bennetsen

Roles Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Randers Regional Hospital, Randers, Denmark

Jørgen Skov Jensen

Roles Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Research Unit for Reproductive Microbiology, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark

Berit Andersen

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations University Research Clinic for Cancer Screening, Department of Public Health Programmes, Randers Regional Hospital, Randers, Denmark, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: Roche sponsors the Cobas 4800 HPV-DNA test kits for the study. According to the contract between Roche and the Department of Public Health Programmes, Randers Regional Hospital, Roche has no influence on the scientific process and no editorial rights pertaining to this manuscript. The authors retained the right to submit the manuscript. MT, JB, JSJ and BA have participated in other studies with HPV test kits sponsored by Roche and self-sampling devices sponsored by Axlab. MT has received honoraria from Roche Diagnostics and AstraZeneca for lectures on HPV self-sampling and HPV triage-methods, respectively. LKP: None related to this topic. AH: I have received reagents for free from Roche Diagnostics for another study.