PROCEDURE FOR THE EARLY DETECTION OF THE SEROCONVERSION OF AN ANTIBODY AGAINST THE VIRUS OF HEPATITIS C.

摘要

Procedure for the early detection of seroconversion in the detection of an antibody directed against the hepatitis C virus in a sample liquid, wherein the sample liquid is incubated with at least one polypeptide, which contains the virus sequence of hepatitis C, in particular of the NS3 region of hepatitis C virus, and the antibody is detected by binding with the polypeptide, characterized in that a polypeptide from a region is used, which contains at least one cysteine radical, and the determination of the antibody is carried out under reducing conditions.