Human Papillomavirus (HPV) ndi wa banja la Papillomaviridae la kachilombo kakang'ono ka molekyulu, yopanda envelopu, yozungulira yozungulira iwiri, yokhala ndi ma genome kutalika pafupifupi 8000 base pairs (bp).Kachilombo ka HPV kamakhudza anthu kudzera m'njira yokhudzana ndi zinthu zomwe zili ndi kachilombo kapena kupatsirana pogonana.Kachilomboka si khamu enieni, komanso minofu yeniyeni, ndipo akhoza kupatsira khungu la munthu ndi mucosal epithelial maselo, kuchititsa zosiyanasiyana papillomas kapena njerewere pakhungu la munthu ndi proliferative kuwonongeka kwa uchembele thirakiti epithelium.
Chidacho ndi choyenera kuzindikiritsa kwamtundu wa in vitro qualitative typing ya mitundu 14 ya ma virus a papillomavirus (HPV16, 18, 31, 33, 35, 39, 45, 51, 52, 56, 58, 59, 66, 68) nucleic acid mu zitsanzo za mkodzo wa anthu, zitsanzo za swab za khomo lachiberekero lachikazi, ndi zitsanzo za mkodzo wa amayi.Itha kungopereka njira zothandizira pakuzindikiritsa ndi kuchiza matenda a HPV.