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Table 1 PCR primers and probes used in this study

From: High prevalence of soil-transmitted helminth infections in Myanmar schoolchildren

Organism

Target

References

Name

Fluorophore/Quencher

Final concentration (nmol/L)

Sequence (5' → 3')

Ascaris lumbricoides

ITS1

[33, 40]

Asc F

FAM/Iowa Black

60

GTAATAGCAGTCGGCGGTTTCTT

Asc R

60

GCCCAACATGCCACCTATTC

Asc P

100

TTGGCGGACAATTGCATGCGAT

Ancylostoma sp.

ITS2

[33, 40]

Anc F

Cy5/Iowa Black

200

GAATGACAGCAAACTCGTTGTTG

Anc R

200

ATACTAGCCACTGCCGAAACGT

Anc P

200

ATCGTTTACCGACTTTAG

Necator americanus

ITS2

[33, 40]

Nam F

JOE NHS Ester/Iowa Black

200

CTGTTTGTCGAACGGTACTTGC

Nam R

200

ATAACAGCGTGCACATGTTGC

Nam P

100

CTGTACTACGCATTGTATAC

Trichuris trichiura

ITS1

[37]

Trich F

Cy5.5/Iowa black

60

TCCGAACGGCGGATCA

Trich R

60

CTCGAGTGTCACGTCGTCCTT

Trich P

100

TTGGCTCGTAGGTCGTT