Multicenter Comparison of PCR Assays for Detection of Human Herpesvirus 6 DNA in Serum

Volume 46, no. 8, p. 2700-2706, 2008. Page 2701, Table 1, column 3, line 1: “5′-CGAAACGCCTACACAGAAT-3′” should read “5′-CAAAGCCAAATTATCCAGAGCG-3′.”

Page 2701, Table 1, column 3, lines 3 and 4: “5′-CAAAGCCAAATTATCCAGAGCG-3′” should read “5′-CGAAACGCCTACACAGAAT-3′.”

Page 2701, Table 1, column 4, lines 1 and 2: “5′-CAAAGCCAAATTATCCAGAGCG-3′” should read “5′-CGCTAGGTTGAG(G/A)ATGATCGA-3′.”

Page 2701, Table 1, column 4, lines 3 and 4: “5′-CGCTAGGTTGAGGATGATCGA-3′” should read “5′-CAAAGCCAAATTATCCAGAGCG-3′.”

Page 2701, Table 1, column 5, line 1: “5′-CGTCACACCCGAAGGAAT-3′” should read “5′-CCCGAAGGAATAACGCTC-3′.”

Page 2701, Table 1, column 5, line 3: “5′-CCCGAAGGAATAACGCTC-3′” should read “5′-CGTCACACCCGAAGGAAT-3′.”

Note that for assay 1, the second primer was modified to include a G/A at position 13 to account for a polymorphism in the HHV-6B variant. The conclusion that assays 1 and 6 were the most reliable remains unchanged.