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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2011
Applicants:
Peter Simmonds, Edinburgh, GB;
Shiu-wan Chan, Cambridge, GB;
Peng Lee Yap, Edinburgh, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Common Services Agency, Edinburgh, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/70 (2006.01); C12Q 1/68 (2006.01); C12P 19/34 (2006.01); C07H 21/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
New styles of hepatitis C virus (HCV), referred to as HCV-3 and HCV-4, have been identified and sequenced. Antigenic regions of HCV-2, HCV-3 and HCV-4 polypeptides have been identified. Immunoassays for HCV and antibodies thereto are described, which allow more complete screening of blood samples for HCV, and allow HCV genotyping.