A comparison of the MeltPro HPV Test with the Cobas HPV Test for detecting and genotyping 14 high-risk human papillomavirus types.

The clinical performance of the newly developed MeltPro HPV Test, based on multicolor melting curve analysis, was evaluated and compared with the commercially available Cobas HPV Test for detection of HPV and genotyping of HPV-16 and HPV-18. A total of 1647 cervical samples were analyzed with both tests. The agreement values were 96.2% for HPV detection, 99.6% for HPV-16 identification, and 99.7% for HPV-18 identification. All genotyping results from MeltPro HPV Test showed that HPV-52, HPV-58, and HPV-16 were the most common types in this study. Intra-laboratory reproducibility studies showed 97.8% agreement while inter-laboratory reproducibility studies showed 96.9% agreement for the MeltPro HPV Test. The MeltPro HPV Test and Cobas HPV Test are highly correlative and are useful for monitoring HPV infection.