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Table 1 Primers sequences used for the PCR

From: Toxigenic Vibrio cholerae O1 in vegetables and fish raised in wastewater irrigated fields and stabilization ponds during a non-cholera outbreak period in Morogoro, Tanzania: an environmental health study

Targeted genes

Primer Sequences (5′–3′)

Size (bp)

Source

Ctx

Cholera toxin gene

F-CAGTCAGGTGGTCTTATGCCAAGAGG

R-CCCACTAAGTGGGCACTTCTCAAACT

167

[27]

OmpW

Outer membrane protein

F-CACCAAGAAGGTGACTTTATTGTG

R-GAACTTATAACCACCCGCG

588

[3]

TcpA

Toxin coregulated pilus

F-CAC GAT AAG AAA ACC GGT CAA GAG

R-CGA AAG CAC CTT CTT TCA CGT TG

453

[26]

hlyA

Haemolysin

F-GGC AAA CAG CGA AAC AAA TAC C

R-CTC AGC GGG CTA ATA CGG TTT A

727

[6]