Table 1. Primers used in this study.
| Primer Name | Primer sequence | Location [nt**] |
| F1 | 5′-CACAAGAGGACTCTTGGACT-3′ | 1653–1672 |
| F3 | 5′-CGCCTCATTTTGTGGGTCAC-3′ | 2801–2820 |
| F4 | 5′-CTCAGGCCATGCAGTGGAA-3′ | 3164–3182 |
| F5 | 5′-GATGTGTCTGCGGCGTTTTA-3′ | 376–395 |
| F7 | 5′ -TGTGCACTTCGCTTCACCTC -3′ | 1578–1597 |
| F8 | 5′ -ATTTGCATACTCTTTGGAAGGC-3′ | 2746–2767 |
| F10 | 5′ -GACCACCAAATGCCCCTATC -3′ | 2298–2317 |
| R1 | 5′-CCACCTTATGAGTCCAAGG-3′ | 2457–2475 |
| R2 | 5′-AAATTACCACCCACCCAGG-3′ | 2109–2127 |
| R3 | 5′-AACTGGAGCCACCAGCAG-3′ | 57–74 |
| R5 | 5′-AAAGCCCAAAAGACCCACAAT-3′ | 996–1016 |
| R8 | 5'-CTTTGACAAACTTTCCAATCAAT- 3' | 973–995 |
| R9 | 5'-TAGGAGTTCCGCAGTATGGA- 3 | 1265–1284 |
| SP2 | 5′-GTATGGTGAGGTGAACAATG-3′ | 2039–2058 |
| MP1 | 5′-GAGCTCTTCTTTTTCACCTCTGCCTAATCA-3′ | 1821–1841 |
| MP2 | 5′-GAGCTCTTCAAAAAGTTGCATGGTGCTGG-3′ | 1806–1825 |
| P1ψ | 5' -CCGGAAAGCTTGAGCTCTTCTTTTTCACCTCTGCCTAATCA- 3′ | 1821–1841 |
| P2ψ | 5'-CGGAAAGCTTGAGCTCTTCAAAAAGTTGCATGGTGCTGG- 3′ | 1823–1806 |
** = nucleotide [nt] positions are given according to HBV sequence with accession no. AF121242 obtained from GenBank.
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