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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2004
Applicants:
Katsumi Aoyagi, Wako, JP;
Kumiko Iida, Wako, JP;
Naoko Matsubara, Wako, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Advanced Life Science Institute, Inc., Saitama, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/70 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of treating samples containing hepatitis C virus (HCV) which method comprises treating HCV-containing samples with a treating agent containing (1) an acidifying agent, and (2) a protein-denaturing agent, or an amphoteric surfactant or a cationic surfactant having both a straight chain alkyl group of 10 or more carbon atoms and a tertiary amine or a quaternary ammonium salt in the same molecule, to effect the release of the HCV antigen and the inactivation of antibodies that bind to the HCV antigen, and the like.