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Table 1 Gene targets for multiplex respiratory virus PCR. Where multiple strains of a virus were detected, results were combined

From: A microbiome case-control study of recurrent acute otitis media identified potentially protective bacterial genera

Virus name (strains targeted)

Abbreviation

PCR target

Human adenovirus

HAdV

Hexon gene

Human bocavirus

HBoV

VP1 gene

Influenza virus (A/B/C)

IFV

Haemagglutinin & Matrix gene

Respiratory syncytial virus (Type A/Type B)

RSV

Nucleoprotein

Human metapneumovirus

HMPV

Nucleoprotein

Human coronavirus (OC43/229E/HKU1/NL63)

HCoV

Nucleocapsid (OC43, 229E, NL63)

ORF1a/b (HKU1)

Parainfluenza virus (1/2/3/4)

HPIV

Nucleoprotein

Rhinovirus (A/B/C)a

RV

5’UTR

  1. a Rhinovirus typing used primer pairs reported by Lee et al. [35]