HEPATITIS C ASSAY

The present invention provides an improved assay for detecting the presence of an antibody to an HCV antigen in a sample by contacting the sample with polypeptide containing at least one epitope of an HCV antigen. Preferred assay formats include a confirmatory assay, a combination assay, a synthetic...

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Hauptverfasser: MEHTA, SMRITI U, LESNIEWSKI, RICHARD R, CASEY, JAMES M, SARIN, VIRENDER K, LEUNG, TAT, DEVARE, SUSHIL G, DESAI, SURESH M
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Sprache:eng ; fre
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Zusammenfassung:The present invention provides an improved assay for detecting the presence of an antibody to an HCV antigen in a sample by contacting the sample with polypeptide containing at least one epitope of an HCV antigen. Preferred assay formats include a confirmatory assay, a combination assay, a synthetic polypeptide- based assay, an immunodot assay, and a competition assay.