TABLE 2.

MERS-CoV rRT-PCR assay primer/probe sequence identity with published MERS-CoV genome sequences

Strain	Country of origin	Specimen collection date (mo/day/yr)	Sample type	GenBank accession no.	Primer/probe nt sequence identity (%)a				Reference no.
					upE	N1	N2	N3
HCoV-EMC	Saudi Arabia	6/13/2012	Isolate	JX869059.2	100	100	100	100	2
Jordan-N3/2012	Jordan	4/?/2012b	Isolate	KC776174.1	100	100	100	100
England 1c	Qatar?b	9/11/2012	Lower respiratory tract	KC164505.2	100	6-nt deletion	100	100	14
England/Qatar/2012c	Qatar?b	9/19/2012	Sputum	KC667074.1	100	6-nt deletion	100	100	14
England 2	Saudi Arabia?b	2/10/2013	Unknown	HPA website	100	100	100	100
Munich	United Arab Emirates	3/22/2013	Unknown	KF192507.1	100	100	100	100
Al-Hasa_1_2013	Saudi Arabia	5/9/2013	Isolate	KF186567.1	100	100	100	100
Al-Hasa_2_2013	Saudi Arabia	4/21/2013	Isolate	KF186566.1	100	100	100	100
Al-Hasa_3_2013	Saudi Arabia	4/22/2013	Isolate	KF186565.1	100	100	100	100
Al-Hasa_4_2013	Saudi Arabia	5/1/2013	Isolate	KF186564.1	100	100	100	100

^ant, nucleotide.

^b?, not definite.

^cFrom the same patient.