DIAGNOSTIC REAGENT FOR HEPATITIS C

摘要

A diagnostic reagent for hepatitis C, which detects an antibody induced by infection of hepatitis C virus, characterized in that said diagnostic reagent comprises the second envelope protein or the first non-structural protein which is encoded by the gene of hepatitis C virus and has a suger chain. This invention also provide a method for detecting an anti-hepatitis C virus antibody. The use of the diagnostic reagent for hepatitis C according to the present invention makes highly sensitive diagnosis of hepatitis C possible.