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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 02, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tatsuo Miyamura, Tokyo-to, JP;
Izumu Saito, Tokyo-to, JP;
Shizuko Harada, Tokyo-to, JP;
Yoshikazu Honda, Kamakura, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ; C12P / ; C07K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-5 ; 530350 ; 436518 ; 436820 ; 435 693 ;
Abstract
A diagnostic reagent for hepatitis C, which detects an antibody induced by infection of hepatitis C virus, comprising 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 provides 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.