Research Article

Development of Primer Pairs from Molecular Typing of Rabies Virus Variants Present in Mexico

Table 5

Test results interpretation of nested RT-PCR.

Rabies variant detection/primer nameVAMPIROF-VAMPIRORCFBVFQ-FBVRCQPERROF-PERRORCFBPFQ-PERRORCMURCIELAGOF-MURCIELAGORCFBMFQ-FBMRCQZORRILLOF-ZORRILLORCZORRILLOF-FBZRCQ

Vampire bat
Dog
Bat
Skunk

Only a sample can be considered positive if the result with the internal primers is positive regardless of the outcome of the external primers, for nested and/or real-time RT-PCR.