| ATP | Adenosine triphosphate |
| BAC | Bacterial artificial chromosome |
| DAPI | 4′,6-Diamidino-2-phenylindole |
| DMEM | Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle Medium |
| EBV | Epstein–Barr virus |
| FACS | Fluorescence-activated cell sorting |
| HCMV | Human cytomegalovirus |
| HF | Human fibroblast |
| HFF | Human foreskin fibroblast |
| HHV | Human herpesvirus |
| Hpi | Hours post infection |
| HRP | Horseradish peroxidase |
| HSV | Herpes simplex virus |
| IAP | Inhibitor of apoptosis protein |
| IE1 | Immediate-early 1 protein |
| INDEL | Insertion–deletion |
| IPAM | Interacting protein aggregation motif |
| KSHV | Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus |
| MLKL | Mixed lineage kinase domain-like pseudokinase |
| MOI | Multiplicity of infection |
| PBMC | Peripheral blood mononuclear cell |
| PCD | Programmed cell death |
| PFU | Plaque-forming unit |
| PVDF | Polyvinylidene difluoride |
| RFLP | Restriction fragment length polymorphism |
| RHIM | Receptor homotypic interaction motif |
| RIPK1 | Receptor-interacting serine/threonine-protein kinase 1 |
| RIPK3 | Receptor-interacting serine/threonine-protein kinase 3 |
| RPMI | Roswell Park Memorial Institute medium |
| RT-PCR | Real-time polymerase chain reaction |
| SDS | Sodium dodecyl sulfate |
| SNP | Single-nucleotide polymorphism |
| TNF-α | Tumor necrosis factor alpha |
| TSV | TNF-α, Smac mimetic, and Z-VAD-FMK cocktail |
| UMMC | University of Mississippi Medical Center |
| VAC | Viral assembly complex |
| VAF | Variant allele frequency |
| vICA | Viral inhibitor of caspase-8 activation |
| vIRA | Viral inhibitor of RIP activation |
| vMIA | Viral inhibitor of mitochondrial apoptosis |