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Volume 12, Number 11—November 2006
Letter

Rickettsia parkeri in Uruguay

Richard C. Pacheco*, José M. Venzal†, Leonardo J. Richtzenhain*, and Marcelo B. Labruna*Comments to Author 
Author affiliations: *University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil; †University of La República, Montevideo, Uruguay

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Table

Primer pairs used for amplification of rickettsial genes

Primer pairs Genes and primers Primer sequences (5´→3´) Fragment size (nucleotides) Reference
gltA
1 CS-78 GCAAGTATCGGTGAGGATGTAAT 401 (7)
CS-323 GCTTCCTTAAAATTCAATAAATCAGGAT (7)
2 CS-239 GCTCTTCTCATCCTATGGCTATTAT 834 (7)
CS-1069 CAGGGTCTTCGTGCATTTCTT (7)
ompB
3 120-M59 CCGCAGGGTTGGTAACTGC 862 (8)
120–807 CCTTTTAGATTACCGCCTAA (8)
ompA
4 Rr190.70p ATGGCGAATATTTCTCCAAAA 530 (9)
Rr190.602n AGTGCAGCATTCGCTCCCCCT (9)

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