[Table/Fig-1]:

Primers used for identification of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype

Primer	Sequences	Accession number (GenBank)	Amp-licon size (bp)
S.pne4-F S.pne4-R	5’-CTGTTACTTGTTCTGGACTCTCGATAATTGG-3’ 5’-GCCCACTCCTGTTAAAATCCTACCCGCATTG-3’	AF316639	430
S.pne6B-F S.pne6B-R	5’-CGACGTAACAAAGAACTAGGTGCTGAAAC-3’ 5’-AAGTATATAACCACGCTGTAAAACTCTGAC-3’	AF316640	220
S.pne9V-F S.pne9V-R	5’-CTTCGTTAGTTAAAATTCTAAATTTTTCTAAG-3’ 5’-GTCCCAATACCAGTCCTTGCAACACAAG-3’	AF402095	753
S.pne14-F S.pne14-R	5’-GAAATGTTACTTGGCGCAGGTGTCAGAATT-3’ 5’-GCCAATACTTCTTAGTCTCTCAGATGAAT-3’	X85787	189
S.pne18C-F S.pne18C-R	5’-CTTAATAGCTCTCATTATTCTTTTTTTAAGCC -3’ 5’-TTATCTGTAAACCATATCAGCATCTGAAAC-3’	AF316642	573
S.pne19F-F S.pne19F-R	5’-GTTAAGATTGCTGATCGATTAATTGATATCC-3’ 5’-GTAATATGTCTTTAGGGCGTTTATGGCGATAG-3’	U09239	304
S.pne23F-F S.pne23F-R	5’-GTAACAGTTGCTGTAGAGGGAATTGGCTTTTC-3’ 5’-CACAACACCTAACACTCGATGGCTATATGATTC-3’	AF057294	384