Introduction of an Automated System for the Diagnosis and Quantification of Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C Viruses

Table 3.: Epitope Map Tested in the Different Confirmatory Anti-HCV Test ((Modified from E Dussaix, et al. J. Clin. Microbiol. 1994,32(9): 2071-75)

Core	E2/NS1	NS3	NS4	NS5	Reagent	Manufacturer
C22		C200r	C200		Ortho RIBA-2	Chiron Corporation
C1 C2		4091	NS4		Deciscan HCV plus	Sanofi Diagnostics Pasteur
C22		C33c	C100/5-1-1	NS5r	Ortho RIBA-3	Chiron
C1 C2	E2/NS1	NS3	NS4	NS5	Innolia-III HCV antibody III	Innogenetics NV
C22		NS3	NS4	NS5	Bioblot HCV 3.0	Bokit-Izasa

Sanofi Diagnostics Pasteur, Marnes-la-Coquette, France; Innogenetics NV, Ghent, Belgium; Ortho Diagnostic Systems, Chiron Corp., Emeryville, California.