Table 2. Hepatitis C virus CTL epitopes prediction and identification.

Epitopes	Position	Sequence	The number of positive subjects
			Self-limited(n)	Chronic infection (n)
CTL-1△	E2 (607–615)	CLVDYPYRL	2/5*	0
CTL-2△	NS2 (838–846)	FLARLIWWL	2/5	0
CTL-3△	E2 (716–724)	WEYVLLLFL	2/5	3/6
CTL-4△	NS2 (834–842)	YYKVFLARL	2/5	2/6
CTL-5△	NS3 (1411–1419)	GLNAVAYYR	2/5	2/6
CTL-6△	NS4a (1700–1708)	VLYEAFDEM	2/5	2/6
CTL-7△	NS5b (2942–2950)	KYLFNWAVK	3/5	2/6
CTL-8♦	E2 (723–731)	FLLLADARV	2/5	0
CTL-9♦	NS3 (1073–1081)	CINGVCWTV	3/5	3/5
CTL-10♦	NS3 (1585–1593)	YLVAYQATV	1/5	0
CTL-11♦	NS5b (2594–2962)	ALYDVVTKL	3/5	3/5

Note:^△ stands for novel predicted epitopes.

^♦stands for past reported epitopes.

^★means two positives in five subjects.