TABLE 1.

Sequence and position of primers on the MOMP (ompA) gene of C. pneumoniae

Primer	Sequence	Position	PCR product size (bp)
VU-MOMP
External
Sense	5′ AAC TAT ACT ACT GCC GTA GA 3′	286-305
Antisense	5′ GTA GTA GAC AAT GCT GTG G 3′	971-989	704
Nested
Sense	5′ ACA CCT CTT TCT CTT GGA GCG T 3′	554-575
Antisense	5′ TTG ATG GTC GCA GAC TTT GTT C 3′	779-791	238
Tong and Sillis
External
Sense	5′ TTA CAA GCC TTG CCT GTA GG 3′	61-80
Antisense	5′ GCG ATC CCA AAT GTT TAA GGC 3′	373-393	333
Nested
Sense	5′ TTA TTA ATT GAT GCT ACA ATA 3′	100-120
Antisense	5′ ATC TAC GGC AGT AGT ATA GTT 3′	286-306	207
USF-MOMP
Sense	5′ AGG AGA TCC TTG CGA TCC T 3′	135-153
Antisense	5′ TAG GCT TGG CTC CCA TAG AA 3′	250-269	134