REAGENT AND METHOD FOR TESTING HEPATITIS C.

摘要

A reagent for testing an antibody of hepatitis C by using as an antigen a peptide containing an essential peptide comprising a specified sequence having an epitope of an HCV structural region, Arg Xaa Gly Pro Arg Leu Gly Arg Arg Pro, wherein Xaa represents preferably Leu, Lys or Arg. The reagent serves to detect an antibody against the HCV structural region specifically at a high detection rate, whereby HCV infection can be tested accurately in an early stage. The necessary peptide can be chemically synthesized readily.