Acceptability of self- collection for human papillomavirus detection in the Eastern Cape, South Africa

• Ongeziwe Taku,

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

  Affiliations Division of Medical Virology, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Tracy L. Meiring,

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

  Affiliations Division of Medical Virology, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Inger Gustavsson,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Immunology, Genetics, and Pathology, Biomedical Center, Science for Life Laboratory Uppsala, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

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• Keletso Phohlo,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Division of Medical Virology, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Mirta Garcia-Jardon,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pathology at Walter Sisulu University and National Health Laboratory Service, Mthatha, South Africa

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• Zizipho Z. A. Mbulawa,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Division of Medical Virology, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, SAMRC Gynaecological Cancer Research Centre, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, National Health Laboratory Service Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital and Walter Sisulu University, Mthatha, Eastern Cape, South Africa, Medical Virology, National Health Laboratory Service, Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital, Mthatha, South Africa

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• Charles B. Businge,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital, Mthatha, South Africa, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Walter Sisulu University, Mthatha, South Africa

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• Ulf Gyllensten,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Immunology, Genetics, and Pathology, Biomedical Center, Science for Life Laboratory Uppsala, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

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• Anna-Lise Williamson

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: anna-lise.williamson@uct.ac.za

  Affiliations Division of Medical Virology, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, SAMRC Gynaecological Cancer Research Centre, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5467-1200

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