TABLE 1.

E30 isolates tested by RT-PCR with primers 120S-47A and/or 157S-47A

Country	Year(s)	Genogroup(s)a	No. of isolates testedb
Argentina	1998	4b	1
Australia	1956–1997	1, 2, 3, 4a, 4b	20
Canada	1985–1997	4a, 4b	15
Chile	1993–1994	4b	2
Colombia	1994–1995	1, 4b	2
Germany	1988–1996	4b	3
Israel	1999	1, 4b	9
Kuwait	1999	4b	2
Mexico	1992	4b	1
The Netherlands	1999	1	4
Philippines	1995	Not assigned	1
Poland	1999	4b	4
Puerto Rico	1961	1	1
Trinidad and Tobago	1983	4a	1
Tunisia	1998–1999	4b	2
Turkey	1999	4b	2
United Kingdom	1959	2	1
United States	1957–1998	1, 2, 3, 4a, 4b	150
Total	1956–1999	1, 2, 3, 4a, 4b	221

^aE30 genogroups are those described previously (20). 

^bThe 158-bp E30-specific product was amplified from all E30 isolates tested.