Table 1.

Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) primers for human-T lymphotropic viruses HTLV-1 and HTLV-2.

Target	Primers 1	Sequence (5′→3′) 2	Positions 2,3
HTLV-1	FIP-1	5′-tgccaggctgttagcgtgacgaagactgtttgcccacca-3′	(F1c: 8012–7993) (F2: 7948–7966)
	BIP-1	5′-aacggcctccttccgttccacgtgccatcggtaaatgtcc-3′	(B1c: 8014–8033) (B2: 8082–8063)
	F3-1	5′-caggggccctaataattctacc-3′	7925–7946
	B3-1	5′-agggcccggaaatcatagg-3′	8101–8083
	LF-1	5′-cctagcaggctggaaaaggg-3′	7986–7967
	LB-1	5′-ctcaaccctcaccactcca-3′	8034–8052
HTLV-2	FIP-2	5′-gatacagggagccctcacgcacacaggggcagtcatag-3′	(F1c: 7887–7869) (F2: 7810–7828)
	BIP-2	5′-gcctggtgtacaggacttctcccgtcattgaaggtccat-3′	(B1c: 7894–7914) (B2: 7967–7950)
	F3-2	5′-tcaccaaggtgcctctaa-3′	7757–7774
	B3-2	5′-gcaagggccggaaatcat-3′	7992–7975
	LF-2	5′-ggttggaacattgtggtgg-3′	7868–7850
	LB-2	5′-tccatcttaacaaccccagg-3′	7924–7943

¹ Forward inner primers (FIP) and backward inner primers (BIP) are assembled sequences of F1c + F2 and B1c + B2, respectively. ² F1c/B1c regions are in bold, and F2/B2 sequences are underlined. ³ Nucleotide positions according to HTLV-1 ATK (J02029) and HTLV-2 Mo (M10060) strains.