The objection of the invention is to provide an 
antibody that inhibits infection with 
hepatitis C 
virus (HCV). To this end, this invention provides an 
antibody that recognizes the 
hepatitis C 
virus (HCV) particle obtained from the 
hepatitis C 
virus (HCV) 
genome comprising the following (i) and (ii) ligated to each other as an 
antigen and has an inhibitory activity on infection with 
hepatitis C virus (HCV): (i) (a) the 5′-
untranslated region, the 
core protein-encoding sequence, the E1 
protein-encoding sequence, the E2 
protein-encoding sequence, and the p7 
protein-encoding sequence of the JFH-1 strain of the 
hepatitis C virus (HCV) or (b) the 5′-
untranslated region, the 
core protein-encoding sequence, the E1 protein-encoding sequence, the E2 protein-encoding sequence, and the p7 protein-encoding sequence of the J6CF strain the 
hepatitis C virus (HCV); and (ii) the NS2 protein-encoding sequence, the NS3 protein-encoding sequence, the NS4A protein-encoding sequence, the NS4B protein-encoding sequence, the NS5A protein-encoding sequence, the NS5B protein-encoding sequence, and the 3′-
untranslated region of the JFH-1 strain.