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Table 1 Targeted organisms and list of primers used in this study

From: Molecular investigation of tick-borne pathogens in dogs from Luanda, Angola

Target organism

Primer

Sequence

Fragment length (bp)

Reference

Ehrlichia spp./

Anaplasma spp.

E.c 16S-fwd

E.c 16S-rev

TCGCTATTAGATGAGCCTACGT

GAGTCTGGACCGTATCTCAGT

123

[4]

Anaplasmataceae

ECB

ECC

CGTATTACCGCGGCTGCTGGCA

AGAACGAACGCTGGCGGCAAGC

500

[5]

Ehrlichia canis

ECAN5

HE3

CAATTATTTATAGCCTCTGGCTATAGGA

ATAGGGAAGATAATGACGGTACCTATA

400

[5]

Anaplasma platys

ApysF

ApysR

GTCGAACGGATTTTTGTCGT

TAGATCACCGCCTTGGTAGG

200

[5]

Babesia spp./

Hepatozoon spp.

Piroplasmid-F

Piroplasmid-R

CCAGCAGCCGCGGTAATTC CTTTCGCAGTAGTTYGTCTTTAACAAATCT

400

[6]

Babesia spp.

Babesia18S-F

Babesia18S-R

CCGTGCTAATTGTAGGGCTAATACA GCTTGAAACACTCTARTTTTCTCAAAG

551

[7]

Hepatozoon spp.

Hepatozoon18S-F

Hepatozoon18S-R

GGTAATTCTAGAGCTAATACATGAGC

ACAATAAAGTAAAAAACAYTTCAAAG

574

[7]

  1. bp, base pairs