First report of the molecular detection of human pathogen Rickettsia raoultii in ticks from the Republic of Korea

Table 1 Oligonucleotide primers that were used to perform PCR in this study to detect the molecular targets in Rickettsia species

Target	Primer	Nucleotide sequence (5′–3′)	Fragment length	Reference
ompA	RR190.70F	ATGGCGAATATTTCTCCAAAAA	634 bp (first)	[12]
	RR190.701R	GTTCCGTTAATGGCAGCATCT	634 bp (first)
	RR190.70F	ATGGCGAATATTTCTCCAAAAA	535 bp (nested)
	RR190.602R	AGTGCAGCATTCGCTCCCCCT	535 bp (nested)
gltA	GLTA1F	GACGGTGATAAAGGAATCTTG	1022 bp (first)	[13]
	GLTA1R	CATTTCTTTCCATTGTGCCATC	1022 bp (first)
	GLTA2F	CTACGAACTTACCGCTATTAG	446 bp (nested)
	GLTA2R	GACCAAAACCCATTAACCTAAAC	446 bp (nested)

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