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Table 2 Tick-borne pathogens from the six positive cats and their similarity with sequences deposited in the GenBank database

From: Molecular detection of Anaplasma bovis, Ehrlichia canis and Hepatozoon felis in cats from Luanda, Angola

Primer

Closest GenBank accession

Percent identity (no. of cats)a

Agent

Sample ID

New GenBank accessions

E.c 16S-fwd/E.c 16S-rev

KX987326

100 (1)

Ehrlichia canis

017

na

KX987326

100 (1)

Ehrlichia canis

053

na

KX987326

99 (1b)

Ehrlichia canis

002

na

E.c 16S-fwd/E.c 16S-rev + EHR16SD/EHR16SR

KY425447

99 (1)

Anaplasma bovis

026

MG431981

Piroplasmid-F/Piroplasmid-R

KY649442

100 (1)

Hepatozoon felis

063

MG386484

KY649443

100 (1)

Hepatozoon felis

056

MG386483

KY649443

99 (1b)

Hepatozoon felis

002

MG386482

  1. Abbreviations: na not available, as sequences < 200 bp cannot be deposited in GenBank (see also Additional file 1: Table S1)
  2. aOnly sequence identity ≥ 97% was considered as positive
  3. bSame animal