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(57) Abstract: Reliable screening for detecting nucleic acids, antigens and antibodies associated with HCV for medical treatment of patients and prevention of HCV transmission by blood and blood products or personal contact. Diagnostic and prognostic means are required, and these are issues. The present invention provides a composition that can comprise a non-naturally occurring nucleic acid having a non-HCV-1 nucleotide sequence of eight or more nucleotides corresponding to a nucleotide sequence in the hepatitis C virus genome. |