NANBV DIAGNOSTICS: POLYNUCLEOTIDES USEFUL FOR SCREENING FOR HEPATITIS C VIRUS

摘要

A new virus, Hepatitis C virus (HCV), which has proven to bethe major etiologic agent of blood-borne NANBH, was discovered byApplicant. Reagents for isolating, amplifying, and detecting HCVpolynucleo-tides are provided. These reagents are oligomers comprised ofpolynucleotidesequences which are capable of forming hybrid structures with HCV targetpolynucleotide sequences.