TABLE 1.

Oligonucleotide primers used to detect tick-borne pathogens

Species	Primer	Sequence (5′→3′)	Target gene [size (bp)]	Reference
Borrelia afzelii	Bo_af_fla_F Bo_af_fla_R Bo_af_fla_P	GGAGCAAATCAAGATGAAGCAAT TGAGCACCCTCTTGAACAGG TGCAGCCTGAGCAGCTTGAGCTCC	fla (116)	(24)
Tick-borne encephalitis virus European subtype	TBE Euro F TBE Euro R TBE Euro P	TCCTTGAGCTTGACAAGACAG TGTTTCCATGGCAGAGCCAG TGGAACACCTTCCAACGGCTTGGCA	E (91)	(25)