Table 1. PCR systems used for the detection of DNA or RNA viruses.
| Virus | Authors | Reference |
| Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) | Kessler et al. [9] | J Clin Microbiol 2000 |
| Varicella Zona Virus (VZV) | in house | Unpublished |
| Cytomegalovirus (CMV) | Griscelli et al. [10] | J Clin Microbiol 2001 |
| Human Herpes Virus 6 (HHV6) | Locatelli et al. [11] | J Clin Microbiol 2000 |
| Human Herpes Virus 8 (HHV8) | Lallemand et al. [12] | J Clin Microbiol 2000 |
| Adenovirus | Adenovirus R-gene™ (Argene) | / |
| JC virus | Whiley et al. [13] | J Clin Microbiol 2001 |
| BK virus | Whiley et al. [13] | J Clin Microbiol 2001 |
| Parvovirus B19 | Abeham et al. [14] | J Virol Methods 2001 |
| Enterovirus | Watkins-Riedel T et al. [15] | Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2002 |
| Chikungunya virus | Pastorino et al. [16] | J Virol Methods 2005 |
| Influenza A and B virus | Van Elden et al. [17] | J Clin Microbiol 2001 |
| Respiratory Syncitial Virus (RSV) | Van Elden et al. [18] | J Clin Microbiol 2003 |
| Choriomeningitis Lymphocytic virus (CML) | in house | Unpublished |
| Rhinovirus | Garbino et al. [19] | Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2004 |
| Toscana virus | Pérez-Ruiz et al. [20] | J Clin Virol 2007 |
| West Nile Virus (WNV) | Lanciotti et al. [21] | J Clin Microbiol 2000 |
| Dengue virus | Leparc-Goffart et al. [22] | J Clin Virol 2009 |