Table 12.

Primers used in this study

Primer name	5′ Sequence 3′	Amplicon size	Gene
	Diagnostic Primers
FluB 970 F♦	AAATACGGTGGATTAAACAAAAGCAA	161 bp	HA
FluB 1131R♦	AGCTCCGAAGAAACCCCTTTCC
FluB 1004 Probe♦	CACCCATATTGGGCAATTTCCTATGGC
	Sequencing Primers
UniB*	AGC AGA AGC	-	All
HA 30 F§	CTA CTC ATG GTA GTA ACA TCC	709 bp	HA
HA 749R§	YGG GAA GCC ACC AAT CTG AGA AAC
HA 471 F§	ACC TCA GGA TCT TGC CCT AAC G	689 bp
HA1169R§	TGT GTA TCC GTG CCA ACC TGC AAT
HA 999 F§	AAA GCC ATA GGA AAT TGC CCA	841 bp
HA 1840R§	TCA ATA ACG TTT CTT TGT AAT
HA F⊥	TAT TCG TCT CAG GGA GCA GAA GCA GAG CAT TTT CTA ATA TC	1840 bp
HA R⊥	ATA TCG CTC CGT ATT AGT AGT AAC AAG AGC ATT TTT C
NA 21FΔ	GCT ACC TTC AAC TAT ACA AAC G	547 bp	NA
NA 568R§	TAC CAT CAT GGC ATG CGG A
NA 361 F§	GCT CCC TTG ATA ATA AGG GAA CC	477 bp
NA 838R§	ATG TTC TAC TCT TCC TGT TGG
NA 716 F§	GGG GGA RAT TGT TAT CTT ATG	789 bp
NA 1505R§	TTT CAG AAA CAA TTA AKT TCA GTA AGG
NA F⊥	TAT TCG TCT CAG GGA GCA GAA GCA GAG CA	1505 bp
NA R⊥	ATA TCG CTC CGT ATT AGT AGT AAC AAG AGC ATT TT
NS 376R§	CTG GTG TTG AAG GGT AAT	-	NS
NS 700R§	AT CTT CTT CAT CCT CCA CTG TAA	-
NS F⊥	TAT TCG TCT CAG GGA GCA GAA GCA GAG GAT TTG TTT AGT C	1053 bp
NS R⊥	ATA TCG TCT CGT ATT AGT AGT AAC AAG AGG ATT TTT AT

^*Taken from Zou et al., [73].

^⊥Taken from Hoffmann et al., 2000 [74].

^§In-house designed primers.

^ΔTaken from Tsai, 2006 [89].

^♦Taken from Krafft et al., 2005 [90].