Table 2.

Primers used in this study for amplification of gene sequences specific for E. granulosus, E. multilocularis and Taenia spp.

Parasite	Gene Target	Primers Pairs	Primer Sequences	Amplicon Size
E. multilocularis	NADH dehydrogenase subunit 1 (nad1)	Cest1	5′-TGCTGATTTGTTAAAGTTAGTGATC-3′	395 bp
		Cest2	5′-CATAAATCAATGGAAACAACAACAAG-3′
E. granulosus	Ribosomal RNA (rrnS) subunit	Cest4	5′-GTTTTTGTGTGTTACATTAATAAGGGTG-3′	117 bp
		Cest5	GCGGTGTGTACMTGAGCTAAAC-3′
Taenia spp.	Ribosomal RNA (rrnS) subunit	Cest3	5′-YGAYTCTTTTTAGGGGAAGGTGTG-3′	267 bp
		Cest5	5′-GCGGTGTGTACMTGAGCTAAAC-3′