Article
Antigenic variation of core, NS3, and NS5 proteins among genotypes of hepatitis C virus.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Dec 1997
Neville J A, Prescott L E, Bhattacherjee V, Adams N, Pike I, Rodgers B, El-Zayadi A, Hamid S, Dusheiko G M, Saeed A A, Haydon G H, Simmonds P
Abstract excerpt
Assays that detect antibody to hepatitis C virus (HCV) are used to screen blood donors and patients with hepatitis. Current enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)-based methods are invariably based upon antigens from expressed recombinant proteins or oligopeptides from HCV type 1. Some HCV ant...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Antigenic Variation
- Antigens, Viral
- Base Sequence
- Cross Reactions
- DNA Primers
- DNA, Viral
- Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
- Genotype
- Hepacivirus
- Hepatitis C
- Hepatitis C Antibodies
- Humans
- Molecular Sequence Data