Human Papillomavirus (HPV) ndeyemhuri yePapillomaviridae yediki-morekuru, isina-enveloped, denderedzwa yakaviri-stranded DNA virus, ine genome kureba kwe8000 base pairs (bp).HPV inotapurira vanhu kuburikidza nekubata zvakananga kana zvisina kunanga nezvinhu zvine utachiona kana kutapurirana pabonde.Utachiona hahuna kungobata-chaiyo chete, asiwo matishu-chaiwo, uye hunogona kungotapura ganda remunhu uye mucosal epithelial masero, zvichikonzera akasiyana papillomas kana warts muganda remunhu uye kukuvadza kunowedzera kune yekubereka turakiti epithelium.
Iyo kit inokodzera in vitro qualitative typing yekuona marudzi gumi nemana epapillomaviruses evanhu (HPV16, 18, 31, 33, 35, 39, 45, 51, 52, 56, 58, 59, 66, 68) nucleic acids mu weti dzevanhu, masamples emukadzi wecervical swab, uye echikadzi swab yemukadzi.Inogona kupa chete nzira dzekubatsira dzekuongororwa uye kurapwa kwehutachiona hweHPV.