Table 1 Laboratory strains used for determining the specificity of the LAMP assay and aligned sequences for designing primers

Rickettsia prowazekii

Bartonella henselae

Astrakhan rickettsia (AF123708.1)

Rickettsia typhi

Bartonella quintana

Israeli tick typhus rickettsia (AF123712.1)

Orientia tsutsugamushi (types Karp, Kato and Gilliam)

Rickettsia mongolotimonae (AF123715.1)

Anaplasma phagocytophilium strains Webster, MRK, Slovienie and MD

Other common clinical pathogenic bacteria

Rickettsia parkeri (AF123717.1)

Rickettsia sibirica

Coxiella burnetii

Rickettsia sp. S (AF123720.1)

Rickettsia conorii

Borrelia burgdorferi (2) ^a

Rickettsia conorii strain Seven (AF123721.1)

Rickettsia honei strain marmionii

Escherichia coli (3) ^a

Rickettsia sibirica (AF123722.1)

Rickettsia akari

Vibrio cholerae

Rickettsia conorii strain Indian tick typhus rickettsia (AF123726.1)

Rickettsia rickettsii

Bacillus anthracis

Rickettsia heilongjiangensis (AY260451.1)

Rickettsia africa

Haemophilus influenzae (2) ^a

Rickettsia heilongjiangensis variant extremiorientalis (AY280712.1)

Rickettsia parkeri

Listeria spp.

Rickettsia sp. BJ-90 outer (AY331393.1)

Rickettsia japonica

Legionella spp.

Rickettsia mongolotimonae isolate URRMTMFEe65 (DQ097083.1)

Rickettsia slovaca

Yersinia pestis

Rickettsia rickettsii strain Dv090589 (GU395293.1)

Rickettsia aeschlimannii

Shigella dysenteriae (3) ^a

Rickettsia sibirica strain RH05 (HM050273.1)

Rickettsia montanensis

Neisseria meningitides

Rickettsia rickettsii (X16353.1)

Rickettsia helvetica

Leptospira spp.

Rickettsia japonica (AB003681.1)

Rickettsia felis

Rickettsia africae (AF123706.1).

Rickettsia australis

Rickettsia canadensis

Rickettsia bellii

Rickettsia heilongjiangensis

Ehrlichia chaffeensis