PROCESS FOR OBTAINING VIRUSES AND / OR ANTIGENS FROM VIRUSES FROM BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL, VIRUSES AND / OR ANTIGEN FROM HEPATITIS VIRUS NON-A-NON B IN SUSPENSION, APPLICATION OF THE SAME AND DIAGNOSTIC SET

摘要

The invention relates to a process for obtaining a virus, respectively a virus antigen from biological material, particularly from body liquids, whereby fibronectine to which the virus is bound is extracted; to this effect, as a starting material will be used either a body liquid containing already fibronectine or a biological starting material to which fibronectine has been previously added; after isolating the fibronectine to which the virus is bound, the virus, respectively the viral antigen is obtained in a free state by breakage of the bond with the fibronectine; this release of the virus may be carried out according to a known process, particularly by specific enzyme action and/or surfactant action or by elimination reactions or simply by heating; as a result, a suspension is obtained from which the virus respectively the viral antigen may be isolated; the latter may be further purified in a manner known per se. The virus, respectively the viral antigen thus obtained, - and this concerns particularly the virus of hepatitis non A-non B -, is one aspect of the invention; however, the field of the invention extends also to the utilisation of the viral antigen obtained for the preparation of corresponding antibodies, to the field of immunologic diagnostic of hepatitis non A-non B and to the field of the preparation of vaccines. Furthermore, the invention also relates to a diagnostic kit enabling to diagnose the virus, respectively the viral antigenic material masked by the presence of unbroken or broken up fibronectine.