. 2019 Jun 21;70(9):1875–1881. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciz541

Table 1.

Oligonucleotide Sequences

Name	Forward Sequence (5’-3’)	Reverse Sequence (5’-3’)	Probe Sequence FAM-5’—ZEN™—3’IABkFQ	Amplicon Size	Comment
TsolR11	GACTGACTGACTGACTGACTTG	ACAGCCTGACAGCTTGAC	TGACATGTG^bCCGCATTGTTGTCAC	98	…
TsolR12	CTTGTCACACGCCTCACT	CCGCATTGTTGTCACTTGTC	ACTGACTGA^bCTGACTGACTGACTGACT	75	Detects Taenia saginata^a
TsolR13	AGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCA	CTGTCAAGCTGTCAGGCTGT	TGTCAGTGA^bGGCGTGTGACAAGAC	71	…

Sequences used in the most sensitive assays targeting repetitive elements for quantitative polymerase chain reaction detection of Taenia solium. Number of repeats is based on coverage.

^aAlso possibly Taenia asiatica, based on Basic Local Alignment Search Tool results, not proven experimentally.

^bZEN™ insert location.