Table 2.

Primers used for RT-PCR detection and sequencing the whole H gene.

Oligonucleotides	Nucleotide locationa	Sequence	Amplicon
P1	198	5′GATAAAGCATGTCATTATAGTCCTAA3′	335bp
P2	533	5′CTTGAGCTTTCGACCCTTC3′
P3	8046	5′GGGCAACACCTATGGATCAAG3′	555bp
P4	8601	5‘TGGACTCAGTAAGGACATCTT3′
HC-1	7079	5′AACTTAGGGCTCAGGTAGTC3′	2023bp
HC-2	8902	5′AGATGGACCTCAGGGTATAG3′

^aLocation of nucleotides was based on the sequence of the complete gene of the CDV, Onderstepoort strain.