About the Authors

David I. Conway

david.conway@glasgow.ac.uk

Affiliation School of Medicine, Dentistry and Nursing, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Chris Robertson

Affiliation Mathematics and Statistics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Heather Gray

Affiliation Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Linda Young

Affiliation NHS Education for Scotland, Dundee, United Kingdom

Lisa M. McDaid

Affiliation MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Andrew J. Winter

Affiliation Sandyford Sexual Health Services, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Health Board, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Christine Campbell

Affiliation Centre for Population Health Sciences, Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Jiafeng Pan

Affiliation Mathematics and Statistics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Kimberley Kavanagh

Affiliation Mathematics and Statistics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Sharon Kean

Affiliation Robertson Centre for Biostatistics, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Ramya Bhatia

Affiliation Human Papillomavirus Research Group, Division of Pathology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Heather Cubie

Affiliation Human Papillomavirus Research Group, Division of Pathology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Jan E. Clarkson

Affiliation School of Dentistry, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom

Jeremy Bagg

Affiliation School of Medicine, Dentistry and Nursing, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Kevin G. Pollock

Affiliation Health Protection Scotland, National Services Scotland, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Kate Cuschieri

Affiliation Scottish HPV Reference Laboratory, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

KC's institution has received grants and/or kits to support with project work from Euroimmune, Genefirst, Cepheid, Becton Dickinson and Hologic in the last 2 years. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: DIC CR LY LMM AJW CC HC JEC JB KGP KC. Data curation: SK DIC CR RB KC. Formal analysis: CR DIC HG JP KK RB KC. Funding acquisition: DIC CR LY LMM AJW CC SK HC JEC JB KGP KC. Investigation: DIC HG LY JEC JB RB KGP KC. Methodology: DIC CR HG LY LMM AJW CC SK HC JEC JB KGP KC. Project administration: HG DIC. Resources: SK CR RB KC. Software: SK DIC HG LMM AJW. Writing – original draft: DIC CR. Writing – review & editing: DIC CR HG LY LMM AJW CC JP KK SK RB HC JEC JB KGP KC.