Posted on 9/16/2019
Fujirebio Europe announced today that its genotyping assay for Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), INNO-LiPA HPV Genotyping Extra II received a CE Mark for use with self-collected first-void urine samples.
HPV is a sexually transmitted virus. A number of strains (genotypes) of this virus are known to cause cancers in both men and women, but most notably, HPV is the primary cause of cervical cancer in women (1,2,3). When HPV infection is diagnosed and genotyped effectively, the potential for this virus to cause cancer can be substantially reduced. (2,3)
Historically, t...