Table 1.

Sequences of the oligonucleotide primers used in PCR for HSV-1, HSV-2, and β2-microglobulin DNA detection.

Primers	Direction	Sequences	Size
HSV-1 (15)	for	5′-CCCTGTCTCGCGCGACCGAC-3’	142 bp
	rev	5′-TCACCGACCCATACGCGTAA-3’
HSV-2 (16)	for	5′-ATGGTGAACATCGACATGTACGG-3’	391 bp
	rev	5′-CCTCCTTGTCGAGGCCCCGAAAC-3’
β2-microglobulin (17)	for	5′-TCCAACATCAACATCTTGGT-3’	102 bp
	rev	5′-TCCCCCAAATTCTAAGCAGA-3’