Table 1

Measles virus primer and probe sequences

Primer/ProbeSequence 5`–3`Amplicon size
Measles virus N gene primers and probes were designed based on the following Genbank sequence entries (accession numbers): X16565, S58435, NC_002494, NC_002496, X01999, U03661, U03658, and U03656. Measles virus H gene primers and probes were designed based on the following GenBank sequence entries: X16565, U03649, U03654, U03669, U03660, U03671, U03667, Z80793, AF045204, Z66517, and Z80816. Measles virus F-gene primers and probes were designed based on the following Genbank sequence entries: X16565, U03655, U03666, U03648, U03662, U08146, U03657, U03651, U03659, AJ133108, X16567.
N1 forward5` TCA GTA GAG CGG TTG GAC CC 3`
N1 reverse5` GGC CCG GTT TCT CTG TAG CT 3`150 bp
N2 forward5` GAG TCG AGG AGA AGC CAG GG 3`
N2 reverse5` GCT GGA CTC CGA TGC AGT GT 3`120 bp
H1 forward5` TTC ATC GGG CAG CCA TCT AC 3`
H1 reverse5` CTC TGA GGT GTC CTC AGG CC 3`150 bp
H2 forward5` TGG GCA CCA TTG AAG GAT AA 3`
H2 reverse5` AAC CGT GTG TGA TCA ATG GC 3`120 bp
F1 forward5` TGA CTC GTT CCA GCC ATC AA 3`
F1 reverse5` TGG GTC ATT GCA TTA AGT GCA 3`150 bp
F2 forward5` CCC ACC GGT CAA ATC CAT T 3`
F2 reverse5` CCC TCG TGC AGT TAT TGA GGA 3`150 bp
GAPDH 15` GAA GGT GAA GGT CGG AGT 3`
GAPDH 25` GAA GAT GGT GAT GGG ATT TC 3`226 bp
N1 probe5` CAA ACA GAG TCG AGG AGA AGC CAG GGA 3`
H1 probe5` CCG CAG AGA TCC ATA AAA GCC TCA GCA C 3`
F1 probe5` CTG CAC GAG GGT AGA GAT CGC AGA ATA CAG 3`
GAPDH probe5` CCG ACT CTT GCC CTT CGA AC 3`