Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for detecting or detecting and identifying rotavirus in a biological sample. In particular, the invention relates to a detection method comprising contacting the nucleic acids from the sample or derived from the sample with at least one VP4 and/or VP7 universal probes in the context of a solid support and detecting any type-specific hybridisation. The invention further relates to a detection or detection followed by typing method comprising contacting the nucleic acids from the sample or derived from the sample with at least one P type-specific and G type-specific probes in the context of a solid support and detecting any type-specific hybridisation. The invention also relates to primers and probes used therein and to diagnostic kits.

Abstract: A method for identification of an HPV16 lineage group in a sample, comprising contacting such nucleic acid simultaneously with three probes, each probe being capable of specific hybridization across positions 143 and 145 of a HPV 16 genome.

Abstract: The invention relates to materials and methods method for detection and/or typing of any HPV nucleic acid possibly present in a biological sample, the method comprising the steps of: (i) amplification of a polynucleic acid fragment comprising or consisting of the B region of any HPV nucleic acid in the sample, said B region being indicated in FIG. 1, and (ii) contacting any amplified fragments from step (i) with at least one probe capable of specific hybridization with the B region of HPV, said B region being indicated in FIG. 1.