TABLE 1.

Oligonucleotide primers used for RT-PCR amplification and subsequent nucleotide sequencing

Primer no.	Orientation	Sequence (5′ to 3′)	Nucleotide positiona	Target region
1	Sense	ACCAGGACCTGGAATACG	2106-2123	P gene
2	Antisense	GAGAAAAGCTCATCATCG	2721-2738
3	Sense	ACAGGTCAACCAGGTCCA	4873-4890	F gene
4	Sense	GCATCGGAATAGCCAGTC	5200-5217
5	Antisense	CAGTTTTATGACCAAGTA	5427-5444
6	Sense	TCAACAACGAACTCGTCC	5815-5832
7	Antisense	GGGCCAAATATTGACAAC	5909-5926
8	Sense	CATCTGTAGCCAGAACTCC	6293-6311
9	Sense	TATTGCCTCCGATACCTG	6410-6427
10	Antisense	GCAGGTATCGGAGGCAAT	6411-6428
11	Sense	GTCTCCTCAGTGTTCCTA	6757-6774
12	Antisense	AATGTCCGTTGGTAGCGTC	6826-6844
13	Antisense	AATGCCGGATCGACCTTA	6857-6874
14	Sense	GTCCTTCTCATCCTACTGG	7199-7217	H gene
15	Sense	ACTTCCGCGATCTCCACT	7372-7389
16	Antisense	AGTGGAGATCGCGGAAGT	7372-7389
17	Antisense	ACACTCCGTCTGAGATAGC	7742-7760
18	Sense	TCTCAGACGGCGTGTATG	7746-7763
19	Sense	TCGACACTCGAGAGATTC	7806-7823
20	Antisense	GCATGTCATTCAGCCACC	7851-7868
21	Sense	CATCTTATGGGCGGTTGA	8289-8306
22	Antisense	GTGAACTGGTCTCCTCTA	8378-8395
23	Antisense	TGCCTAAGGCCAATTGAG	8921-8938
24	Antisense	CTGTAAGGGATTTCTCAC	8950-8967

^aNucleotide position based on the genome of strain A75/17 (GenBank accession number AF164967).