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. 2023 Apr 28;16:100550. doi: 10.1016/j.onehlt.2023.100550

Table 1.

Primers used in this study.

Target gene Primer sequence (5′-3′) Amplicon size (bp) Primer source
ITS 1 Trypanosomes
CF
CCGGAAGTTCACCGATATTG 250 to 700 (Njiru et al., 2005)
BR TTGCTGCGTTCTTCAACGAA
T. brucei TBR 1 CGA ATG AAT ATT AAA CAA TGC GCA GT 177 (repetitive) (Welburn et al., 2001)
TBR 2 AGA ACC ATT TAT TAG CTT TGT TGC
SRA SRA A GACAACAAGTACCTTGGCGC 460 (Gibson et al., 2002)
SRA E TACTGTTGTTGTACCGCCGC
SRA B537 CCATGGCCTTTGACGAAGAGCCCG 743 (Welburn et al., 2001)
B538 CTCGAGTTTGCTTTTCTGTATTTTTCCC
Blood meal sources
Vertebrate 16S Vert 16S F GAGAAGACCCTRTGGARCTT 250 (Omondi et al.; 2015)
Vert 16S R CGCTGTTATCCCTAGGGTA
Vertebrate cytochrome B Cyt b F CCCCTCAGAATGATATTTGTCCTCA 380 (Omondi et al., 2015)
(Mejı et al.; 2012)
(Boakye et al.; 1999)
Cyt b R CATCCAACATCTCAGCATGATGAAA
Endosymbionts
GPO gene GPO l F TGAGAGGTTCGTCAATGA 564 (Dale & Maudlin, 1999)
GPO I R ACGCTGCGTGACCATTC
Wolbachia surface protein gene wsp_F1 GTCCAATARSTGATGARGAAAC 714 (Baldo et al., 2006); (Zhou & Neill, 1998)
wsp_R1 CYGCACCAAYAGYRCTRTAAA
Wolbachia 16S rRNA gene Wspec For CATACCTATTCGAAGGGATAG 438 (Werren & Windsor, 2000)
Wspec Rev AGCTTCGAGTGAAACCAATTC
Spiroplasma RPOB RPOB3044F_ALL ARTHTTACCADTDGAAGATATGCC 300 (Chepkemoi et al., 2017)
RPOB3380R_ALL TGTARTTTRTCATCWACCATGTG
SGHV P74 gene P74 2F TGTCARATWAATTATCCMCGYGGTAA 373 (Abd-alla et al., 2011)
P74 2R AARTCATCGCAATARTAYTTRTT