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. 2020 Jun 4;8:468. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2020.00468

Table 2.

Table of primer and probe sequences for detecting SARS-CoV-2 genes.

Country Institute Gene target Sequence References
China China CDC ORF1ab F: CCCTGTGGGTTTTACACTTAA Ledsgaard et al., 2018
R: ACGATTGTGCATCAGCTGA
P: 5′-FAM-CCGTCTGCGGTATGTGGAAAGGTTATGG-BHQ1-3′
N F: GGGGAACTTCTCCTGCTAGAAT
R: CAGACATTTTGCTCTCAAGCTG
P: 5′-FAM-TTGCTGCTGCTTGACAGATT-TAMRA-3′
Germany Charité RdRP F2: 5′-GTGARATGGTCATGTGTGGCGG-3′ Chu et al., 2020
R1: 5′-CARATGTTAAASACACTATTAGCATA-3′
P2: 5′-FAM-CAGGTGGAACCTCATCAGGAGATGC-BBQ-3′
P1: 5′-FAMCCAGGTGGWACRTCATCMGGTGATGC-BBQ-3′
E F1: 5′-ACAGGTACGTTAATAGTTAATAGCGT-3′
R2: 5′-ATATTGCAGCAGTACGCACACA-3′
P1: 5′-FAM-ACACTAGCCATCCTTACTGCGCTTCG-BBQ-3′
Hong Kong SAR Hong Kong University ORF1b F: 5′-TGGGGYTTTACRGGTAACCT-3′ World Health Organization, 2020b
R: 5′-AACRCGCTTAACAAAGCACTC-3′
P: 5′-FAM-TAGTTGTGATGCWATCATGACTAG-TAMRA-3′
N F: 5′-TAATCAGACAAGGAACTGATTA-3′
R: 5′-CGAAGGTGTGACTTCCATG-3′
P: 5′-FAM-GCAAATTGTGCAATTTGCGG-TAMRA-3′
Japan National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Depart of Virology III N F: 5′-AAATTTTGGGGACCAGGAAC-3′ Nie et al., 2020
R: 5′-TGGCAGCTGTGTAGGTCAAC-3′
P: 5′-FAM-ATGTCGCGCATTGGCATGGA-BHQ-3′
Thailand National Institute of Health N F: 5′-CGTTTGGTGGACCCTCAGAT-3′ Notomi et al., 2000
R: 5′-CCCCACTGCGTTCTCCATT-3′
P: 5′-FAM-CAACTGGCAGTAACCABQH1-3′
USA US Center of Disease Control and Prevention N F: 5′-GAC CCC AAA ATC AGC GAA AT-3′ Li J. et al., 2018
R: 5′-TCT GGT TAC TGC CAG TTG AAT CTG-3′
P: 5′-FAM-ACC CCG CAT TAC GTT TGG TGG ACC-BHQ1-3′
F: 5′-TTA CAA ACA TTG GCC GCA AA-3′
R: 5′-GCG CGA CAT TCC GAA GAA-3′
P: 5′-FAM-ACA ATT TGC CCC CAG CGC TTC AG-BHQ1-3′
F: 5′-GGG AGC CTT GAA TAC ACC AAA A-3′
R: 5′-TGT AGC ACG ATT GCA GCA TTG-3′
P: 5′-FAM-AYC ACA TTG GCA CCC GCA ATC CTG-BHQ1-3′
RP-F: 5′-AGA TTT GGA CCT GCG AGC G-3′
RP-R: 5′-GAG CGG CTG TCT CCA CAA GT-3′
RP-P: 5′-FAM – TTC TGA CCT GAA GGC TCT GCG CG – BHQ-1-3′
France Institut Pasteur RdRP F: 5′-ATGAGCTTAGTCCTGTTG-3′ Vincent et al., 2004
R: 5′-CTCCCTTTGTTGTGTTGT-3′
P: 5′-AGATGTCTTGTGCTGCCGGTA [5′]HEX [3′]BHQ-1-3′
F: 5′-GGTAACTGGTATGATTTCG-3′
R: 5′-CTGGTCAAGGTTAATATAGG-3′
P: 5′-TCATACAAACCACGCCAGG [5′]FAM [3′]BHQ-1-3′
E F: 5′-ACAGGTACGTTAATAGTTAATAGCGT-3′
R: 5′-ATATTGCAGCAGTACGCACACA-3′
P: 5′-ACACTAGCCATCCTTACTGCGCTTCG [5′]FAM [3′]BHQ-1-3′