MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES AND ANTI-IDIOTYPIC ANTIBODIES TO HEPATITIS C VIRUS

摘要

2127797 9414974 PCTABS00032 The present invention relates to monoclonal antibodies specifically immunoreactive with hepatitis C viral antigens, cell lines secreting said antibodies, an immunodiagnostic reagent comprising the antibodies, and a method and test-kit for the detection of HCV. The present invention further relates to anti-idiotypic antibodies, cell lines secreting these anti-idiotypic antibodies, immunodiagnostic reagents comprising said anti-idiotypic antibodies and a test-kit for the detection of anti-HCV antibodies in a sample, using anti-idiotypic antibodies.