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Table 2 Primers used for piroplasm parasite detection

From: Investigation of the piroplasm diversity circulating in wildlife and cattle of the greater Kafue ecosystem, Zambia

Primer’s target region

Primer name

Primer sequence (5′–3′)

References

18S rRNA V4 hyper-variable region

Reverse Line Blot-F (RLB-F)

GAGGTAGTGACAAGAAATAACAATA

[24]

Reverse Line Blot-R (RLB-R)

TCTTCGATCCCCTAACTTTC

Illumine tail-tagged RLB primer

Illumina RLB-F

ACACTCTTTCCCTACACGACGCTCTTCCGATCT[RLB-F]

 

Illumina RLB-R

GTGACTGGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCT[RLB-R]

Illumina-index primer

Illumina-i5 primers

AATGATACGGCGACCACCGAGATCTACAC[index*] ACACTCTTTCCCTACACGACGCTCTTCCGATCT

 

Illumina-i7 primers

CAAGCAGAAGACGGCATACGAGAT[index*] GTGACTGGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATCT

  1. *Index: 8-bp nucleotide to provide a unique index to each sample