Identification of Five Novel Salmonella Typhi-Specific Genes as Markers for Diagnosis of Typhoid Fever Using Single-Gene Target PCR Assays

Table 3

Details of the 5 target genes and their description, antigenicity prediction, protein coverage, and identity with S. Paratyphi A.

Number	Target genes; (NCBI locus tag)	Gene description	GC content (%)	Antigenicity	Protein coverage with S. Paratyphi A (%)	Protein identity with S. Paratyphi A (%)
1	STY0307	Hypothetical protein	43	0.66	0	0
2	STY0322	Hypothetical protein	29	0.37	21	33
3	STY0326	Conserved hypothetical protein	37	0.79	0	0
4	STY2020	Putative bacteriophage protein	42	0.66	0	0
5	STY2021	Putative bacteriophage protein	42	0.27	0	0

of the S. Typhiproteins predicted using SCRATCH Protein Prediction software [26].