Table S1 - Detection of A. phagocytophilum and E. chaffeensis in Patient and Mouse Blood and Ticks by a Duplex Real-Time PCR Assay

Reference sequences used to design the primers and probes for duplex real-time PCR. A total of 96 variant sequences of the A. phagocytophilum ankA gene from a variety of host sources and geographic areas of the world, and 13 variant sequences (12 from human and 1 from white-tailed deer) of the E. chaffeensis tandem repeat region of TRP120 were selected for the design of primers and probes based on the conserved sequences. (DOC)