ATCC	American type culture collection
CV	Coefficient of variation
Ct	cycle threshold
CMV	Cytomegalovirus
DMEM	Dulbecco’s modified eagle’s medium
EGF	Epidermal growth factor
FBS	Fetal bovine serum
gB/H/L/O	Glycoprotein B/H/L/O
IC50	Half maximal inhibitory concentration
h.p.i.	Hours post-infection
hCMV	Human cytomegalovirus
IE	Immediate-early
IgG	Immunoglobulin G
IU	Infectious units
MEM	Minimum essential medium eagle
PBS	Phosphate-buffered saline
PC	Pentameric complex
PCR	Polymerase chain reaction
rcf	relative centrifugal force
RT-qPCR	Reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction
SD	Standard deviation