Population structure, epidemiology and antibiotic resistance patterns of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 5: prior to PCV-13 vaccine introduction in Eastern Gambia

Table 1 Oligonucleotide primer sequences used in this study

Primers	Primer sequence (5′- 3′)	Nucleotide position¹	Gene	GenBank accession no.
5-f	ATA CCT ACA CAA CTT CTG ATT ATG CCT TTG TG	6123³²	wzy	CR931637
5-r	GCT CGA TAA ACA TAA TCA ATA TTT GAA AAA GTA TG	6450³²	wzy	CR931637
cpsA-f	GCA GTA CAG CAG TTT GTT GGA CTG ACC	1473³²	wzg	CR931662
cpsA-r	GAA TAT TTT CAT TAT CAG TCC CAG TC	1607³²	wzg	CR931662

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