Incidence of human rabies and characterization of rabies virus nucleoprotein gene in dogs in Fujian Province, Southeast China, 2002–2012

Table 2 Primers used for nested RT-PCR amplification of the rabies virus nucleoprotein gene

Primer	Sequence (5′-3′)	Direction	Positions in genome	Paired primer	Product size (bp)
N1	ACAGACAGCGTCASATTGCAAAGC	Upstream	29–50	N2	1511
N2	TCGGATTGACGAAGATCTTGCTC	Downstream	1517–1539	N1	1511
N3	TTTGAGACTGCTCCTTTT	Upstream	587–605	N4	443
N4	CCCATATAGCATCCTAC	Downstream	1013–1029	N3	443
N5	CAGTCTCYTCNGCCATCT	Downstream	1570–1587	N1	1559
N6	ATGTAACACCTCTACAATGG	Upstream	55–74	N2	1485

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