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Volume 18, Number 5—May 2012
Dispatch

Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus–associated Meningitis, Southern Spain

Mercedes Pérez-RuizComments to Author , José-María Navarro-Marí, María-Paz Sánchez-Seco, María-Isabel Gegúndez, Gustavo Palacios, Nazir Savji1, W. Ian Lipkin, Giovanni Fedele, and Fernando de Ory-Manchón
Author affiliations: Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, Spain (M. Pérez Ruiz, J.-M. Navarro-Mari); Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain (M.-P. Sánchez-Seco, G. Fedele, F. de Ory-Manchón); Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Spain (M.-I. Gegúndez); Columbia University, New York, New York, USA (G. Palacios, N. Savji, W.I. Lipkin)

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Table

Consensus primers used to identify LCMV sequences, southern Spain, 2008–2010*

Name Sequence, 5′ → 3′
LCMV_L_1F ATAAARTGYTTTGARAARTTYTTTGA
LCMV_L_1R TCAAARAAYTTYTCAAARCAYTTTAT
LCMV_L_2R CATYTTCAWRCAWGARAACCAATC
LCMV_L_3R CCWGARTABGMRTTNGCATTCAT
LCMV_L_2F AGYAARTGGGGNCCVATGATGTG
LCMV_L_3F GARGTHCCHTTYCCTGTTGT
LCMV_L_4F TCYAGYCTYATTGAYATGGG
LCMV_L_5F AARTTYACHAGRGGNGCRCAGAA
LCMV_L_4R GTRTARTGYTCRTCYCTYTTCCA
LCMV_L_5R CCRTCYTCDGANGGCATCAT
LCMV_L_6F GGNTWYGGDTGGTTYTCTTA
LCMV_L_6R GGSACDGGBTCCCABTCAGG
LCMV_GPC_1R GARCARGARGCVGAYAAYATGAT
LCMV_GPC_1F TARTTRCARTANGGYACNCCCAT
LCMV_GPC_2F CCNCCRAARGCWGTYCTRAACAT
LCMV_GPC_2R AGRGGNAGRGTBYTRGAYATGTT
LCMV_GPC_3R TCYCAYCAYTAYATHAGYATGGG
LCMV_NP_1F ATGCCVAGYYTRACHATGGC
LCMV_NP_1R GCCATDGTYARRCTBGGCAT
LCMV_NP_2F GAYGTYGTRCARGCVCTMACAGA
LCMV_NP_2R CCHACYTGRTCNGADACRAACAT

*LCMV, lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus; GPC, glycoprotein comlex; NP, nucleocapsid protein.

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1Current affiliation: New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA.

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