Table 1.

List of the specific primers used in this study^*

Method	Virus	Target	Primers	Sequence (5′–3′)	Amplicon size
Real-time RT-PCR	Norovirus GI	ORF1-ORF2 conjunction	GI-F	CGYTGGATGCGNTTYCATGA	85
			GI-R	CTTAGACGCCATCATCATTYAC
	Norovirus GII	ORF1-ORF2 conjunction	GII-F	CARGARBCNATGTTYAGRTGGATGAG	98
			GII-R	TCGACGCCATCTTCATTCACA
Multiple RT-PCR	Norovirus GI	Capsid	G1-SKF	CTGCCCGAATTYGTAAATGA	330
			GI-SKR	CCAACCCARCCATTRTACA
	Norovirus GII	Capsid	COG2F	CARGARBCNATGTTYAGRTGGATGAG	387
			G2-SKR	CCRCCNGCATRHCCRTTRTACAT
	Astrovirus	Capsid	Mon269	CAACTCAGGAAACAGGGTGT	449
			Mon270	TCAGATGCATTGTCATTGGT
	Sapovirus	Capsid	SLV-5317	CTCGCCACCTACRAWGCBTGGTT	434
			SLV-5749	CGGRCYTCAAAVSTACCBCCCCA

^*RT-PCR = reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction; ORF = open reading frames.