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Volume 17, Number 4—April 2011
Dispatch

Rapid Genotyping of Swine Influenza Viruses

Polly W.Y. Mak, Chloe K.S. Wong, Olive T.W. Li, Kwok Hung Chan, Chung Lam Cheung, Edward S. Ma, Richard J. Webby, Yi Guan, Joseph S. Malik Peiris, and Leo L.M. PoonComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Author affiliations: The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People’s Republic of China (P.W.Y. Mak, C.K.S. Wong, O.T.W. Li, K.H. Chan, C.L. Cheung, E.S. Ma, Y. Guan, J.S.M. Peiris, L.L.M. Poon); St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA (R.J. Webby); Hong Kong University–Pasteur Research Centre, Hong Kong (J.S.M. Peiris)

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Table 1

Primer–probe sets selective for pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus gene segments*

Segment Primer and probe† Sequence, 5′ → 3′‡
PB2 PB2-1877F§ AACTTCTCCCCTTTGCTGCT
PB2-2062R§ GATCTTCAGTCAATGCACCTG
PB2-2028RP
 Cy5-AACTGTAAGTCGTTTGGT-BHQ2
PB1 PB1-825F§ ACAGTCTGGGCTCCCAGTA
PB1-1023R GAACCACTCGGGTTGATTTCTG
PB1-863FP
 Cy5-CCAAACTGGCAAATG-BHQ2
PA PA-821F§ GCCCCCTCAGATTGCCTG
PA-1239R§ GCTTGCTAGAGATCTGGGC
PA-844FP
 Cy5-CCTCTTTGCCATCAGC-BHQ2
HA HA-398F§ GAGCTCAGTGTCATCATTTGAA
HA-570R§ TGCTGAGCTTTGGGTATGAA
HA-470FP
 Cy5-CAAAGGTGTAACGGCA-BHQ2
NP NP-593F§ TGAAAGGAGTTGGAACAATAGCAA
NP-942R§ GACCAGTGAGTACCCTTCCC
NP-872RP
 Cy5-AGGCAGGATTTATGTG-BHQ2
NA NA-163F§ CATGCAATCAAAGCGTCATT
NA-268R§ ACGGAAACCACTGACTGTCC
NA-248RP
 Cy5-AGCAGCAAAGTTGGTG-BHQ2
M M-504F§ GGTCTCACAGACAGATGGCT
M-818R§ GATCCCAATGATATTTGCTGCAATG
M-530FP
 Cy5-ACCAATCCACTAATCAGG-BHQ2
NS NS-252F§ ACACTTAGAATGACAATTGCATCTGT
NS-345R GCATGAGCATGAACCAGTCTCG
NS-288FP Cy5-CGCTACCTTTCTGACAT/BHQ2/

*PB, polymerase basic protein; PA, polymerase acidic protein; HA, hemagglutinin; NP, nucleocapsid protein; NA, neuraminidase; M, matrix protein; NS, nonstructural protein; Cy5, cyanine 5; BHQ2, Black Hole Quencher 2.
†Number represents nucleotide position of the first base in the target sequence (cRNA sense).
‡Locked nucleic acid–modified bases are underlined.
§Primers adapted from the assays as previously described (5,6).

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