METHOD FOR PRETREATING SAMPLE FOR DETECTION HCV CORE PROTEIN, REAGENT KIT FOR DETECTION OF HCV CORE PROTEIN, METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE PRESENCE OR ABSENCE OF HEPATITIS C VIRUS IN SAMPLE, AND METHOD FOR IMMUNOASSAY OF HCV

摘要

There are provided: a method for pretreating a sample for HCV core protein detection by an immunoassay using particles, which includes treating a sample suspected of containing hepatitis C virus (HCV) with an alkaline material-containing reagent and neutralizing the sample with an acid material-containing reagent, wherein at least one of the reagents contains a reducing agent; a reagent kit for HCV core protein detection; a method for determining the presence or absence of hepatitis C virus in a sample; and a method for immunoassay of HCV.