Table. Primer sequences used to detect and identify 5′ terminal deletions in enterovirus populations detected in cardiac tissue of a patient with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy, Reims, France, September 2011.

Primers	Oligonucleotide sequences
trP1 RNA*	5′H-CCTCTCTATGGGCAGTCGGTGAT-3′
trP1c RNA*	5′P-ATCACCGACTGCCCATAGAGAGG-3′H
trP1	5′-CCT CTC TAT GGG CAG TCG GTG AT-3′
AvcRev	5′-AACAGGCGCACAAAGCTACCG-3′
A+AvcRevBC2–1	5′-CGACTCAGTAAGGAGAACGATAACAGGCGCACAAAGCTACCG-3′
A+AvcRevBC2–2	5′-CCATCTCATCCCTGCGTGTCTCCGACTCAGTAAGGAGAACGATAAC-3′

*RNA backbone oligonucleotides.