Table 2 Sequence of probes used for hybridization in real time PCR assays

Variola virus

5'-AAGATCATACAGTCACAGACACTGT-3'

Bacillus anthracis

5'-TACCGCAAATTCAAGAAACAACTGC-3'

Francisella tularensis

5'-TTGCAAATACTTATAGCGCTTTGACT-3'

Yersinia pestis

5'-AAGGAGTGCGGGTAATAGGTTATAA-3'

Burkholderia mallei; B. pseudomallei

5'-AACCAGCGCGCTGTCCGCGAC-3'

Chlamydia psittaci

5'-ATGAAATCTAGAAAATCTTGTGGTGTA-3'

Coxiella burnetii

5'-ATCATTTCGGCTCGGGATGGGC-3'

Brucella spp.

5'-AATGGCAAGCAACTCGTCCTTTAC-3'

Rickettsia prowazekii

5'-TGGTTCTATTCAGTTAGATGGGAGT-3'

Rickettsia rickettsii

5'-TATATTGTTCAAAGGAGCGGGAGAT-3'

Monkeypox virus

5'-TTGATTGTAAATACAGATAGTGAATCG-3'

Orthopoxvirus

5'-TCCATACGATGATCTAGTTACAACTA-3'

Varicella-zoster virus

5'-ATGCCACCTTTACAGTTGGAGGAA-3'

Herpes simplex virus 1 and 2

5'-ACCGCCGAACTGAGCAGACACC-3'

Rickettsia akari

5'-ACGTCTTATGGCAGGAACAAATTTAG-3'