Table 1.

Details of the primers for HCV amplification

Targeted fragment	Name	Sequence of oligonucleotide (5’-3’)	Position (on H77)
Fragment C/E1	C/E1-F1	ACTGCCTGATAGGGTGCTTGC	288-308
	C/E1-R1	GGTGACCAGTTCATCATCATATCC	1301-1324
	C/E1-F2	CCTTCCTGGTTGCTCTTTCTCTAT	845-868
	C/E1-R2	GTTCATCATCATATCCCAAGCCAT	1293-1315
Fragment NS5b	NS5b-F1	CCAATTVVCACTACHATCATGGC	7995-8017
	NS5b-R1	TGGRGTGTGTCKDGCTGTTTCC	8789-8810
	NS5b-F2	CGTATGATACCCGCTGTTTTGA	8254-8275
	NS5b-R2	CCTGGTCATAGCCTCCGTGAA	8616-8636