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Volume 19, Number 11—November 2013
Dispatch

Tula Hantavirus Infection in Immunocompromised Host, Czech Republic

Hana Zelená1Comments to Author , Jakub Mrázek1, and Tomáš Kuhn1
Author affiliations: Institute of Public Health, Ostrava, Czech Republic (H. Zelená, J. Mrázek); University of Defence, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic (H. Zelená); University Hospital, Ostrava (T. Kuhn)

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Table 2

Primers used in the study, Ostrava, Czech Republic, October 2012

Primer Step Target segment Sequence (5′→ 3′) Reference
HAN-L-F1 1st PCR Large ATGTAYGTBAGTGCWGATGC (5)
HAN-L-R1 1st PCR Large AACCADTCWGTYCCRTCATC (5)
HAN-L-F2 2nd PCR, sequencing Large TGCWGATGCHACIAARTGGTC (5)
HAN-L-R2 2nd PCR, sequencing Large GCRTCRTCWGARTGRTGDGCAA (5)
S1 1st PCR Small GGMCAGACAGCAGAYTGG (6)
S2 1st PCR Small AGCTCAGGATCCATRTCATC (6)
MaS4F 2nd PCR, sequencing Small CATCACAGGSYTTGCACTTGCAAT (7)
MaS5C 2nd PCR, sequencing Small TCCTGAGGCTGCAAGGTCAA (7)

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1The authors contributed equally to this article.

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