Patent ID: 7129337

Claim:
An isolated Hepatitis C virus polynucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence of one of the HCV types 7, 9 or 11, or of one of the subtypes 1d, 1e, 1f, 1g, 2e, 2f, 2g, 2h, 2i, 2k, 2l, 3g, 4k, 4l or 4m, wherein said types or subtypes comprise the following prototype sequences: SEQ ID NO: 43, 45, 47, 89, 91 or 93 for HCV type 7, SEQ ID NO: 41 or 95 for HCV type 9, SEQ ID NO: 99, 101, 103 or 105 for HCV type 11, SEQ ID NO: 1, 3, 5, 7, 53, 55 or 57 for HCV subtype 1d, SEQ ID NO: 9, 59 or 61 for HCV subtype 1e, SEQ ID NO: 11 or 63 for HCV subtype 1f, SEQ ID NO: 65 or 67 for HCV subtype 1g, SEQ ID NO: 13, 15 or 69 for HCV subtype 2e, SEQ ID NO: 17 or 71 for HCV subtype 2f, SEQ ID NO: 19 for HCV subtype 2g, SEQ ID NO: 21, 23 or 73 for HCV subtype 2h, SEQ ID NO: 25 for HCV subtype 2i, SEQ ID NO: 75 or 77 for HCV subtype 2k, SEQ ID NO: 79 for HCV subtype 2l, SEQ ID NO: 81 for HCV subtype 3g, SEQ ID NO: 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37 or 83 for HCV subtype 4k, SEQ ID NO: 39 or 85 for HCV subtype 4l, SEQ ID NO: 87 for HCV subtype 4m; or the full complement of any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 53, 55, 57, 59, 61, 63, 65, 67, 69, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, 83, 85, 87, 89, 91, 93, 95, 99, 101, 103 or 105.