Patent ID: 6593083
Filing Date: 2003-07-15
Classification: A61K,C07K,C12N

Abstract:
An assay for identifying the presence of an antibody in a fluid sample, wherein the antibody is immunologically reactive with a Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) antigen, the assay comprising the steps of:providing a fluid sample, wherein the fluid sample may contain at least one Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) antibody; contacting the sample with at least one polypeptide or recombinant fusion protein selected from the group consisting of SEQ. ID. NO. 4, SEQ. ID. NO. 18, SEQ. ID. NO. 58, SEQ. ID. NO. 48, SEQ. ID. NO. 49, SEQ. ID. NO. 53 and SEQ. ID. NO. 54 under conditions suitable for complexing the antibody with the polypeptide or recombinant fusion protein to provide an antibody-polypeptide complex; and detecting the antibody-polypeptide complex, wherein detection of the antibody-polypeptide complex is indicative of the presence of an antibody in the fluid sample.