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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2009
Marcellinus Beld, Amstelveen, NL;
Remko Gouw, Leiden, NL;
Toumy Guettouche, Stuttgart, DE;
James Hnatyszyn, Coral Gables, FL (US);
Carola Van Der Meer, Amstelhoek, NL;
Marcellinus Beld, Amstelveen, NL;
Remko Gouw, Leiden, NL;
Toumy Guettouche, Stuttgart, DE;
James Hnatyszyn, Coral Gables, FL (US);
Carola van der Meer, Amstelhoek, NL;
Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc., Tarrytown, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to methods and reagents for determining the genotype of a hepatitis C virus (HCV) species present in a test sample. The invention more particularly relates to mixtures of degenerate amplification and sequencing primers, and methods of using such primers, that are complementary to a plurality of HCV species, and are capable of generating nucleotide sequence information for a region of NS5B of HCV that is, for each species, indicative of the type and/or subtype, of the species present in the sample.