TABLE 2.

Sequences of HCV peptides used in ELISpot assays

No.	Peptide pool	HCV region	Position	Length (aa)	Amino acid sequence	Conservation of genotype 4a (%)
1	P1	Core	36-44	9	LLPRRGPRL	100
2	P1	Core	132-140	9	DLMGYIPLV	100
3	P1	Core	150-158	9	ALAHGVRVL	92
4	P1	NS4	1610-1618	9	CLIRLKPTL	100
5	P1	NS4	1623-1631	9	PLLYRLGAV	100
6	P2	Core	136-144	9	YIPLVGAPL	100
7	P2	Core	125-133	9	TLTCGFADL	100
8	P2	Core	118-126	9	NLGKVIDTL	100
9	P2	Core	161-169	9	GVNYATGNL	100
10	P2	E1	245-253	9	TVATRDGKL	89
11	P3	E1	212-220	9	IVYEAADAI	90
12	P3	Core	168-176	9	NLPGCSFSI	100
13	P3	E1	332-340	9	LVMAQLLRI	78
14	P4	Core	154-162	9	GVRVLEDGV	100
15	P4	E1	276-284	9	YVGDLCGCV	78
16	P4	E1	219-227	9	AILHTPGCV	90
17	P5	E1	337-346	10	DLIAQPIRLL	50
18	P5	E1	363-372	10	SMVGNWAKVL	100