| HCMV | Human cytomegalovirus |
| ANOVA | Analysis of variance |
| ARPE | Arising retinal pigment epithelia |
| ATCC | American type culture collection |
| Chrom | Chromatography |
| CO2 | Carbon dioxide |
| CV | CV |
| Cpw | Cells per well |
| DAPI | 4′,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole |
| DMEM/F-12 | Dulbecco’s Modification of Eagle’s Medium and Ham’s F-12 nutrient |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic acid |
| DS | Drug substance |
| DP | Drug product |
| DPI | Days post-infection |
| ED50 | Half maximal effective dilution |
| FBS | Fetal bovine serum |
| FOV | Field of view |
| GFP | Green fluorescent protein |
| gH | Glycoprotein H |
| h | Hour |
| HCMV | Human cytomegalovirus |
| IE1 | Immediate Early 1 |
| IU | Infectious unit |
| IRVE | Imaging of Relative Viral Expression |
| IEE | Infectivity of Early Gene Expression |
| Liq | Liquid |
| Lyo | Lyophilized |
| Min | Minute |
| P | Passage |
| PBS | Phosphate-buffered saline |
| PC | Positive control |
| Pen/Strep | Penicillin/Streptomycin |
| PFU | Plaque forming unit |
| RH | Relative humidity |
| rP | Relative potency |
| SD | Standard deviation |
| t | Time point |
| TCID50 | Tissue culture infectious dose 50 |
| VCA | Variance component analysis |
| v/v | Volume to volume ratio |
| Wk | Week |