TABLE 1.

Oligonucleotide sequences for primers and probes

RSV subgroup (target)	Primer or probea	Sequenceb	Nucleotide positions
A (N gene)	A21	5′ GCTCTTAGCAAAGTCAAGTTGAATGA	19-45
	A102	5′ TGCTCCGTTGGATGGTGTATT	81-101
	APB48	5′ ACACTCAACAAAGATCAACTTCTGTCATCCAGC	47-79
B (N gene)	B17	5′ GATGGCTCTTAGCAAAGTCAAGTTAA	15-41
	B120	5′ TGTCAATATTATCTCCTGTACTACGTTGAA	90-119
	BPB45	5′ TGATACATTAAATAAGGATCAGCTGCTGTCATCCA	43-77

^aThe published sequence of the N gene for the RSV A2 strain (GenBank accession number M11486) and that for the RSV B strain (GenBank accession number D00736) were used for the design of primers and probes.

^bUnderlined nucleotides differ between subgroups A and B.