Table 1 Percentage of identity of LGTV primers and probe relative to ORF of the E gene of LGTV and closely related viruses.

From: Detection of Langat virus by TaqMan real-time one-step qRT-PCR method

Virus

Target gene

Position 1607–1625 relative to Langat ORF (forward primer) 5′-TGGCAGGTGCATCGTGACT-3′

Position 1652–1671 relative to Langat ORF (reverse primer) 5′-GCCTCAGCTCCATCATGCTT-3′

Position 1628–1646 relative to Langat ORF (probe) 5′-TTTAATGATCTGGCCCTCC-3′

LGTV

E

TGGCAGGTGCATCGTGACT

100% identical

AAGCATGATGGAGCTGAGGC

100% identical

TTTAATGATCTGGCCCTCC

100% identical

TBEV

E

TGGCAGGTCCATAGGGACT

84.21% identical

AAACATGAGGGAGCGCAAAA

65% identical

TTCAATGATCTGGCTCTGC

84.21% identical

Louping ill

E

TGGCAGGTCCACCGAGACT

84.21% identical

AAGCATGATGGAAACCCACA

60% identical

TTTAATGACCTGGCTCTCC

89.47% identical

OHFV

E

TGGCAGGTTCACAGAGATT

73.68% identical

AAACATGAGGGAATGGTGGG

65% identical

TTTAACGATCTAGCTCTGC

78.95% identical

ALKV

E

TGGCAGGTGCACCGAGACT

89.47% identical

CGACACGAGGGCGCCCATGA

50% identical

TTTGAAGACCTCTCCTTGC

63.16% identical

KFDV

E

TGGCAGGTACACCGAGACT

84.21% identical

CGACACGGGGGTGCCCAGGA

50% identical

TTTGAGGACCTCTCCTTGC

63.16% identical

POWV

E

TGGCAAGTGCACCGTGACT

89.47% identical

AAACACAAGGACAACCAAGA

40% identical

TTTGAGGACTTGGCGCTGC

68.42% identical

  1. Nucleotides in Bold and Underlined Character are non-identical at positions relative to the LGTV E gene ORF. As it is summarized in the table the highest similarity is between TBEV and LGTV.