Diagnostic reagent for hepatitis C

Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology – Measuring or testing process involving enzymes or... – Involving virus or bacteriophage

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ABSTRACT:
A diagnostic reagent for hepatitis C, which detects an antibody induced by infection of hepatitis C virus, and comprises the second envelope protein or first non-structural protein which is encoded by the gene of hepatitis C virus and has a sugar chain. This invention also provide a method for detecting an anti-hepatitis C virus antibody. The use of the diagnostic reagent for hepatitis C according to the present invention makes highly sensitive diagnosis of hepatitis C possible.

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