Table 1.

Type-specific S-gene primers used for conventional PCR.

Primer ID	Type specificity	Sequence	Polarity	Amplicon size
S1For	Type I CECoV	5′-CTA GTG GAC TTG GCA CTG TTG ATG AAG AC-3′	+	779
S1RevR		5′-TCA CCT CTT CCC ATT CGG TTG GAA GC-3′	−
S2ForR	Type II CECoV	5′-GCT TTT TGA TAA GGT TGT AAC ATC-3′	+	796
S2RevAR		5′-GTT TCA TAA GCT GTT GGT AAT AGC-3′	−