Table 1. Sequences of target genes and primers for polymerase chain reaction detection.
| Bacteria | Target gene | Primer name | Sequence (5’–3’) | Size (bp) | Reference |
|
Borrelia burgdorferi |
5S-23S rRNA
IGS |
P1 | CGACCTTCTTCGCCTTAAAGC | 255 |
(5) |
| P2 | TAAGCTGACTAATACTAATTACCC | ||||
| P3 | TCCTAGGCATTCACCATA | ||||
| P4 | GAGTTCGCGGGAGA | ||||
| Borrelia miyamotoi | glpQ | Q1 | CACCATTGATCATAGCTCACAG | 424 | |
| Q2 | CTGTTGGTGCTTCATTCCAGTC | ||||
| Q3 | GCTAGTGGGTATCTTCCAGAAC | ||||
| Q4 | CTTGTTCTTTATGCCAGAAGGGT | ||||
| Anaplasma phagocytophilum | 16S rRNA | AP-F | GTCGAACGGATTATTCTTTATAGCTTG | 389 | |
| AP-R | TATAGGTACCGTCATTATCTTCCCTAC | ||||
| Ehrlichia chaffiensis | 16S rDNA | ECB | AGAACGAACGCTGGCGGCAAGCC | 389 | |
| ECC | CGTATTACCGCGGCTGCTGGCA | ||||
| H3 | TATAGGTACCGTCATTATCTTCCCTAT | ||||
| H1 | CAATTGCTTATAACCTTTTGGTTATAAAT | ||||
| Spotted fever group Rickettsia | ompA | F | ATGGCGAATATTTCTCCAAAA | 533 | |
| R | GTTCCGTTAATGGCAGCATCT | ||||
| 602R | AGTGCAGCATTGGCTCCCCCT | ||||
| Coxiella burnetii | IS1111 | F1 | TACTGGGTCTTGATATTGC | 297 | |
| R1 | CCGTTTCATCCGCGGTG | ||||
| F2 | GTAAAGTGATCTACACGA | ||||
| R2 | TTAACAGCGCTTGAACGT | ||||
| Borrelia burgdorferi |
recA
|
F | AGGTGGGATAGCTGCTTTTATTGAT | 83 |
(6) |
| R | GTTCTGCAACATTAACACCTAAAGCTT | ||||
| P | 6-FAM-ACAGGATCAAGAGCATG-BHQ1 | ||||
|
Borrelia hermsii
|
fla-B
|
F | GGACATTGAGAGTACATGTGGGC | 136 | (7) |
| R | CCTCTTGCTGTCCTATCTCTTGCA | ||||
| P | AGCCTGAGCRCCTTCACCTGCAAAAAGA |