Method for simultaneously detecting an antigen of, and an antibody, against, an infectious microorganism
AssigneeBio-Rad Innovations
InventorsFrançois RIEUNIER, Muriel Feyssaguet, Stéphanie Henriot, Nadine Lambert
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for detecting, in vitro, an infection with a microorganism, such as the hepatitis C virus, in a biological sample, by simultaneously detecting an antigen of this microorganism and the antibodies against this same antigen, and also to the reagents and kits implementing this method.
Claims5
1-44. (canceled)
A peptide or polypeptide derived from the capsid protein of HCV, bearing at least one intact epitope site and at least one destroyed epitope site, said destroyed epitope site thus being made incapable of being recognized by an anti-capsid antibody.
A peptide or polypeptide derived from the gag protein of an HIV, bearing at least one intact epitope site and at least one destroyed epitope site, said destroyed epitope site thus being made incapable of being recognized by an anti-gag protein antibody.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.