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Table 1 Target genes and primers used for PCR to detect and characterize Borrelia persica in blood samples from cats and dogs

From: Borrelia persica infection in dogs and cats: clinical manifestations, clinicopathological findings and genetic characterization

Target gene

Primers

Primer sequence (5’ to 3’)

Reference

16S rRNA

REC4

ATGCTAGAAACT GCATGA

[20]

REC9

TCGTCTGAGTCCCCATCT

flab

Bfpbu

GCT GAA GAG CTTGGAATGCAACC

[21]

Bfpcr

TGATCAGTTATCATTCTAATAGCA

GlpQ

128f

CAGAACATACCT TAGAAGCTCAAGC

[22]

340r

GTGATTTGATTTCTGCTAATGTG