Table 1: Primers used to amplify C. trachomatis DNAa.

Primer Sequence Reference
orf8_F TCTTCTGCTTACAATGCTCTTGC This study
orf8_R CATCGACCTTGGTTTTTAAATCG This study
orf2_F AGCGAGTTACGAAGACAAAACCTC This study
orf2_R AGATTTGTTTCCAACAAGCTACCA This study
swCT_serE_F TCCGGATAGTGAATTATAGAGACTATTTAATC [1]
swCT_serE_R GGTGTTTGTACTAGAGGAATTACCTCTTC This study
Fw1 TTCAATTTAGTTGGATTGTTTGG [2]
Fw2 TCAACTTAGTTGGCTTATTCGG [2]
Fw3 TCAATTTAGTGGGGTTATTCGG [2]
Rv1 CACATTCCCAGAGAGCTGC [2]
Rv2 CACATTCCCACAAAGCTGC [2]
Rv3 CGGACTCCCACAAAGCTGC [2]
Rv4 GCACTCCCACAAAGCTGC [2]
F11 ACCACTTGGTGTGACGCTATCAG [3]
B11 CGGAATTGTGCATTTACGTGAG [3]
MOPM-E_F1.seq CGGTATTAGTATTTGCCGCTTTG This study
MOPM-E_F3.seq CGACATATGCAGGATGCTGAG This study
MOPM-E_F5.seq TACCATGAGTGGCAAGCAAGTT This study
MOPM-E_R2. seq GAATACATCAAAGCGATCCCAAA This study
MOPM-E_R4. seq GATTGAGCGTATTGGAAAGAAGC This study
MOPM-E_R6. seq TGCTCGAGACCATTTAACTCCA This study

aPrimers for this study were designed by the Primer 3 program (http://bioinfo.ut.ee/primer3-0.4.0/primer3/.