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. 2012 Apr;18(4):702–704. doi: 10.3201/eid1804.111583

Table. Selected inner primers used to amplify rickettsial gltA and ompA genes*.

Rickettsial groups Gene Primer Nucleotide sequence, 5′ → 3′ Product size, bp Reference
Rickettsiae spotted fever group plus typhus group gtlA gltA–F TCGCAAATGTTCACGGTACTTT 74 (8)
gltA–R TCGTGCATTTCTTTCCATTGTG
Rickettsiae ompA ompA ompA–F ATGGCGAATATTTCTCCAAAA 632 (9)
ompA–R GTTCCGTTAATGGCAGCATCT

*gltA, citrate synthase; ompA, outer membrane protein A.