Table 2. HCV NS3-specific UDPS-primers.

Genomic region and primer	Sequence	Position*	Amplicon coverage (bp)
Amplicon NS3-I: V36/T54
VX1-Sense	5′- 454A-MID- AGCYTIACYGGCCGRGA - 3′	3477–3493	181
VX1-Antisense	5′- 454B-MID- TGGTCYACATTGGTRTACATYTG - 3′	3636–3658
Amplicon NS3-II: R155/A156
VX2-Sense	5′- 454A-MID- CAYGCYGATGTCATYCC -3′	3747–3763	298
VX2-Antisense	5′- 454B-MID- CCRCTICCIGTRGGRGC - 3′	4029–4045

^*Relative to H77 (GenBank accession number AF00960).