Volume 16, Number 7—July 2010
Research
Population Structure of East African Relapsing Fever Borrelia spp.
Table 1
Primer and probe sequences used in study of East African relapsing fever Borrelia spp.*
| Primer specificity | Primer/probe sequence, 5′ → 3′ |
|---|---|
| Flagellin forward | CTAGTGGGCATAGAATTAATCGTGC |
| Flagellin reverse | GCTTGGGATAACCCTCTAATTTGA |
| Flagellin probe | fam-TGGTATGGGTGTTGCTGGGAAAATTACG-bhq1 |
| First-round IGS forward | GTATGTTTAGTGAGGGGGGTG |
| First-round IGS reverse | GGATCATAGCTCAGGTGGTTAG |
| Second-round IGS forward | AGGGGGGTGAAGTCGTAACAAG |
| Second-round IGS reverse | GTCTGATAAACCTGAGGTCGGA |
*IGS, intragenic spacer.


