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Table 4 Primers used in this study

From: Tick-borne pathogens in ticks collected from dogs, Latvia, 2011–2016

Pathogen/target gene

Primer

Sequence (5′- 3′)

Amplicon size, bp a

Reference

Borrelia spp./ 16S rRNA

16S1A

CTAACGCTGGCAGTGCGTCTTAAGC

724

[42]

16S1B

AGCGTCAGTCTTGACCCAGAAGTTC

 

[42]

16S2A

AGTCAAACGGGATGTAGCAATACA

657

[42]

16S2B

GGTATTCTTTCTGATATCAACAG

 

[42]

A. phagocytophilum/ 16S rRNA

ge3a

CACATGCAAGTCGAACGGATTATTC

932

[43]

ge10r

TTCCGTTAAGAAGGATCTAATCTCC

 

[43]

ge9f

AACGGATTATTCTTTATAGCTTGCT

546

[43]

ge2

GGCAGTATTAAAAGCAGCTCCAG

 

[43]

Rickettsia sp./ gltA

VC29

GCGGAAGCCGATTGCTTTAC

1108–1111

This study

CS-1069

GAGGGTCTTCGTGCATTTCTT

 

[44]

RH314

AAACAGGTTGCTCATCATTC

898–901

[45]

CS-1069

GAGGGTCTTCGTGCATTTCTT

 

[44]

Babesia spp./ 18S rRNA

5-22F

GTTGATCCTGCCAGTAGT

1622–1731

[46]

1661R

AACCTTGTTACGACTTCTC

 

[46]

455-479F

GTCTTGTAATTGGAATGATGGTGAC

310–368

[46]

793-772R

ATGCCCCCAACCGTTCCTATTA

 

[46]

  1. a Amplicon size depends on the pathogen genospecies, bp base pairs