TABLE 2.

Oligonucleotide primers used for PCR amplification and sequencing

Primer	Nucleotide sequence (5′→3′)	Organism or sequence used	Reference
CSBAR-218	CTATCGACCAATTGGCTGAAA	Bartonella species	Unpublished data
CSBAR-698	TTTTGTTCGTGATCTGCATG	Bartonella species	Unpublished data
QHVE1	TTCAGATGATGATCCCAAGC	Bartonella species	33
QHVE3	AACATGTCTGAATATATCTTC	Bartonella species	33
CS-877	GGGGGCCTGCTCACGGCGG	Rickettsia species	31
CS-1273	CATAACCAGTGTAAAGCTG	Rickettsia species	34
120-M59	CCGCAGGGTTGGTAACTGC	Rickettsia species	30
120-797	CCTTTTAGATTACCGCCTAA	Rickettsia species	Unpublished data
Bf1	GCTGGCAGTGCGTCTTAAGC	Borrelia species	29
Br1	GCTTCGGGTATCCTCAACTC	Borrelia species	29
18sai	CCTGAGAAACGGCTACCACATC	18S rRNA	10
18 sbi5.0	TAACCGCAACAACTTTAAT	18S rRNA	10