Table 1.

Primers used for HCV genome amplification and sequencing

Gene	Polarity	Nucleotide Sequence (5′ to 3′)	References
5′UTR	Outersense	CTGTGAGGAACTACTGTCTT	Chan et al., 1992
	Outer antisense	ATACTCGAGGTGCACGGTCTACGAGACCT
	Innersense	TTCACGCAGAAAGCGTCTAG
	Inner antisense	CACTCTCGAGCACCCTATCAGGCAGT
NS5B	Outersense	TGGGGTTCTCGTATGATACCC	Chen et al., 2002
	Outer antisense	CCTGGTCATAGCCTCCGTGAA
	Innersense	GATACCCGCTGCTTTGACTC
	Inner antisense	CCTCCGTGAAGGCTCTCAG