Table 1

Available HPV test options and details*

CompanyCost of machine
price/test (US$)
Batch size†Time to result†Sensitivity, specificity (%)
Cervista HPV HRHologic GEN-PROBEUnknownUnknown6–7 hours100, 2
APTIMA HPVHologic GEN-PROBEUnknown100–250Unknown97.6, 90.22
Cobas HPV TestRocheUnknown8, 24, 48, 72 or 965 hours/94 samples97.3, 84.52
Xpert HPV‡CepheidUnknown96–1601 hour84.8–96.9, 36.1–46.9
Digene HC2 HPV DNA TestQiagenUnknown886–7 hours for 88 samples, manual97.5, 84.42
careHPV TestQiagenN/A
$5
802.5 hours90.0, 84.22
OncoE6 Cervical Test§Arbor Vita$1570 or less
N/A
1–24+ per batch2.5 hours, including sample prep53–100; 98–99
RealTime High-Risk HPVAbbott MolecularUnknown24–96Unknown95.0, 87.22
HPV Direct Flow Chip+ hybriSpot system¶Master Diagnóstica$3500–$30 000
$25–$40
243–4 hours100, 67
PapilloCheck**Greiner Bio-OneUnknown125 hours95.8, 96.7
  • *All data acquired between December 2017 and March 2018 online through publicly available sources or through personal email communications with manufacturers.

  • †Pan American Health Organization (2016).26

  • ‡Personal email communication with Cepheid, February 2018.

  • §Personal email communication with Arbor Vita, January 2018.

  • ¶Personal email communication with Master Diagnóstica, February 2018.

  • **Personal email communication with Greiner Bio-One, February 2018.

  • HPV, human papillomavirus; N/A, not applicable.