Human Papillomavirus (HPV) belongs rau Papillomaviridae tsev neeg ntawm ib tug me me-molecule, uas tsis yog-pob, ncig ob-stranded DNA tus kab mob, nrog ib tug genome ntev ntawm txog 8000 puag khub (bp).HPV kis tau rau tib neeg los ntawm kev sib cuag ncaj qha lossis tsis ncaj nrog cov khoom tsis huv lossis kev sib deev.Tus kab mob no tsis yog tsuas yog tus tswv tsev tshwj xeeb xwb, tab sis kuj tseem muaj cov ntaub so ntswg tshwj xeeb, thiab tsuas yog kis tau rau tib neeg cov tawv nqaij thiab cov mucosal epithelial hlwb, ua rau muaj ntau yam papillomas lossis warts nyob rau hauv tib neeg daim tawv nqaij thiab proliferative puas tsuaj rau cov qog nqaij hlav epithelium.
Cov khoom siv tsim nyog rau kev tshawb nrhiav hauv vitro zoo typing ntawm 14 hom tib neeg papillomaviruses (HPV16, 18, 31, 33, 35, 39, 45, 51, 52, 56, 58, 59, 66, 68) nucleic acids hauv tib neeg cov zis kuaj, kuaj poj niam lub ncauj tsev menyuam, thiab kuaj poj niam qhov chaw mos.Nws tsuas tuaj yeem muab cov kev pabcuam pabcuam rau kev kuaj mob thiab kho tus kabmob HPV.