Table 3.

Sequences of peptides synthesized as antigens for ELISA^a

Hbp	Position of ORF (no. of amino acids)	Amino acid sequence (from N terminus to C terminus)
HbpB1	144–173 (20)	LENQLLGKSPKRKVQRTASA
HbpB2	144–163 (30)	LENQLLGKSPKRKVQRTASAAPAAPAAPAP
HbpD1	151–180 (30)	TEFPGGVEFPDPVPGPERPPFEYDRIIQAT
HbpD2	171–200 (30)	FEYDRIIQATLKQKWSGATRVRVGFSGERL
HbpD3	151–200 (50)	TEFPGGVEFPDPVPGPERPPFEYDRIIQATLKQKWSGATRVRVGFSGERL

^aHemin-binding protein (Hbp) sequences used for peptide design were derived from the open reading frame (ORF) of the sequences with the accession numbers AY126673 for HbpB and AY126674 for HbpD.