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 |