Human Papilloma Virus

Over 130 HPV types have been documented in literature, approximately 40 of which infect the anogenital area and are sexually transmitted. Persistent HPV infection is a risk to health, potentially leading to either cervical cancer (high risk HPV) or genital warts (low risk HPV). Cervical cancer has previously been shown to be highly preventable when cytological and HPV screening programs are employed to facilitate early detection and treatment of pre-cancerous lesions. Of the sexually transmitted HPV genotypes, 23 are the most common HPV infection types that lead to cervical cancer (high risk HPV subtypes, including: 16, 18, 31, 33, 35, 39, 45, 51, 52, 56, 58, 59, 66, and 68) or genital warts (low risk HPV subtypes, including: 6, 11, 26, 53, 67, 70, 73, 81, and 82). The HPV 23 qPCR Kit utilizes quantitative PCR (qPCR) technology to specifically detect and simultaneously genotype each of these 23 HPV types.