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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2001
Applicants:
Geert Maertens, Brugge, BE;
Lieven Stuyver, Lede, BE;
Inventors:
Geert Maertens, Brugge, BE;
Lieven Stuyver, Lede, BE;
Assignee:
N.V. Innogenetics S.A., Ghent, BE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present application provides polynucleic acid sequences of 8 or more contiguous nucleotides selected from an HCV subtypegenomic sequence selected from the region spanning positions 1 to 957 of the Core of Core/E1 region of HCV subtype, wherein said polynucleic acid sequence is capable of hybridizing to HCV type, but not another type or subtype of HCV; or the complement of the polynucleic acid, wherein the polynucleic acid contains at least one genotype-specific nucleotide. Methods and means of using and making the described sequences are also provided.