I-Human Papillomavirus (HPV) ingeyomndeni we-Papillomaviridae wegciwane le-DNA elinemicu ephindwe kabili eline-molecule, elingamboziwe, elinobude bofuzo obungaba ngamapheya ayisisekelo angu-8000 (bp).I-HPV ithelela abantu ngokuthintana ngqo noma ngokungaqondile nezinto ezingcolile noma ukuthelelana ngokocansi.Igciwane aligcini nje ngokuqondene nomsingathi, kodwa futhi liqondene nezicubu ezithile, futhi lingangena kuphela esikhumbeni somuntu kanye namangqamuzana e-epithelial mucosal, okubangela izinhlobonhlobo zama-papillomas noma izinsumpa esikhumbeni somuntu kanye nomonakalo okhulayo ku-epithelium yepheshana lokuzala.
Ikhithi ilungele ukutholwa kwe-in vitro qualitative typing yezinhlobo eziyi-14 ze-human papillomaviruses (HPV16, 18, 31, 33, 35, 39, 45, 51, 52, 56, 58, 59, 66, 68) nucleic acids amasampula omchamo womuntu, amasampula e-swab yomlomo wesibeletho wesifazane, namasampuli e-swab yesitho sangasese sowesifazane.Inganikeza kuphela izindlela ezisizayo zokuxilonga nokwelashwa kokutheleleka nge-HPV.