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Table 1 Primers list for detection of the target viruses

From: Prevalence of viral pathogens in a sample of hospitalized Egyptian children with acute lower respiratory tract infections: a two-year prospective study

Virus name

Primer’s name

Sequence (5' to 3')

base pairs( bp)

References

Parainfluenza 1

PIS1 + 

CCG GTA ATT TCT CAT ACC TAT G

317

Bellau-Pujol et al. (2005)

 

PIS1-

CCT TGG AGC GGA GTT GTT AAG

  

Parainfluenza virus 2

PIP2 + 

AACAATCTGCTGCAGCATTT

508

 
 

PIP2 − 

ATGTCAGACAATGGGCAAAT

  

Parainfluenza virus 3

Para3.1

CTCGAGGTTGTCAGGATATAG

189

 
 

Para3.2

CTTTGGGAGTTGAACACAGTT

  

Human metapneumovirus

hmpv 1

CCCTTTGTTTCAGGCCAA

416

Donofrio et al. (1992)

 

hmpv 2

GCAGCTTCAACAGTAGCTG

  

Human rhinovirus

SRHI1

GCATCIGGYARYTTCCACCACCANCC

549

Bellau-Pujol et al. (2005)

 

SRHI2

GGGACCAACTACTTTGGGTGTCCGTGT

  

Human Respiratory syncytial virus

vrs P1

GGAACAAGTTGTTGAGGTTTATGAATA TGC

139

Sultani et al. (2015)

 

vrs P2

TTCTGCTGTCAAGTCTAGTACACTGTAGT

  

Influenza A

M226F

TTGTCCAAAATGCCCTAAATG

335

WHO (2002)

 

M561R

GTTCCATAGCCTTTGCCGTAGTGC

  

Influenza B

Bvf224

ACATACCCTCGGCAAGAGTTTC

284

WHO (2011)

 

Bvr507

TGCTGTTTTGTTGTTGTCGTTTT

  
 

BYf226

ACACCTTCTGCGAAAGCTTCA

388

 
 

BYr613

CATAGAGGTTCTTCATTTGGGTTT