Volume 14, Number 8—August 2008
Dispatch
Genotyping Rickettsia prowazekii Isolates
Table 1
Primers for 6 loci of Rickettsia prowazekii genomic DNA sequences
Target sequence | Sequences of forward primer/reverse primer (5′ → 3′) | PCR product size, bp | Reference |
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rp028 | TTGATATAGGTTGCGGAGTCGGTGTTA/TCATTGATGGCTTGTAGTTTTTCTGCT | 682 | (9) |
rp181 | ATTATGCAAATAATGCAG/GCATCGGATAAGTTAGTTCA | 390 | This study |
rp195 | TTTATTGGGGATTTACCTTT/CAAGTGTTAGATAGCTTGCT | 384 | This study |
rp272/rp273 | TCTTGCGATACAGTAAGCAC/TATTCGCTCCTTACCAGTTA | 612 | This study |
rp308/rp309 | TTAACAGAAGTAATAATAATTG/AGCAATAGAATTTGATAAGCA | 369 | This study |
rp691/rp692 | AGAAATTTGTATTGCATTTTTATG/GCTCTAGAAGCTATTGCTGA | 447 | This study |
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