Methods of typing hepatitis C virus and reagents for use therein
US6416944B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | May 11, 1995 |
| Grant date | Jul 9, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 11, 2015 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S436/82
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The claimed invention provides methods of detecting and typing HCV using nucleic acid molecules encoding type specific and type-cluster specific epitopes. The nucleic acid molecules flanking regions encoding type specific or type cluster specific epitopes are useful in priming the polymerase chain reaction to determine the genotype an HCV isolate.
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