Research Article

Assessment of Successful qRT-PCR of SARS-CoV-2 Assay in Pool Screening Using Isopropyl Alcohol Purification Step in RNA Extraction

Table 1

SARS-CoV-2 novel coronavirus primers and probes for real-time RT-PCR diagnosis.

Assay/useOligonucleotide IDSequence (5–3)

E geneE_Sarbeco_F1ACAGGTACGTTAATAGTTAATAGCGT
E_Sarbeco_R2ATATTGCAGCAGTACGCACACA
E_Sarbeco_P1FAM-ACACTAGCCATCCTTACTGCGCTTCG-BHQ

RNase P gene (internal control)RNase P forwardAGATTTGGACCTGCGAGCG
RNase P reverseGAGCGGCTGTCTCCACAAGT
RNase P probeFAMTTCTGACCTGAAGGCTCTGCGCGBHQ

RdRp geneRdRP_SARSr-F2GTGARATGGTCATGTGTGGCGG
RdRP_SARSr-R1CARATGTTAAASACACTATTAGCATA
RdRP_SARSr-P2 specific for Wuhan-CoVFAM-CAGGTGGAACCTCATCAGGAGATGC-QSY

HKU ORF geneHKU-ORF1b-nsp14FTGGGGYTTTACRGGTAACCT’
HKU-ORF1b-nsp14 RAACRCGCTTAACAAAGCACTC
HKU-ORF1b-nsp14 PFAM-TAGTTGTGATGCWATCATGACTAG-QSY

R is G/A; FAM: 6-carboxyfluorescein; BHQ: Black Hole Quencher; QSY Quencher (select quencher none in plate set up).