Volume 17, Number 8—August 2011
Research
Enterovirus 68 among Children with Severe Acute Respiratory Infection, the Philippines
Tadatsugu Imamura, Naoko Fuji, Akira Suzuki, Raita Tamaki, Mariko Saito, Rapunzel Aniceto, Hazel Galang, Lydia Sombrero, Soccoro Lupisan, and Hitoshi Oshitani
Table 1
Primers used for detection and analysis of EV68, the Phillipines*
| Primer (reference) | Primer sequence, 5′ → 3′ | Location (location no.)† |
|---|---|---|
| DK001 (11) | CAAGCACTTCTGTTTCCC | 5′ NTR (164–168) |
| DK004 (12) | CACGGACACCCAAAGTAGT | 5′ NTR (483–501) |
| 484 (5) | GGRTCYCAYTACAGGATGT | VP1 (2197–2215) |
| 222 (5) | CICCIGGIGGIAYRWACAT | VP1 (2933–2951) |
| EV68-VP1F | ACCATTTACATGCAGCAGAGG | VP1 (2393–2413) |
| EV68-VP1R | GACAAGAACTTTTTCAAATGGACAA | VP1 (2683–2707) |
*EV, enterovirus; NTR, nontranslated region; VP, viral protein; F, forward; R, reverse.
†Location numbers correspond to the genome of EV68 Fermon strain (GenBank accession no. AY426531).
