Table 1.

Sequences of primers and probe used in this study

Assay	Primer or probe	Sequence	Reference(s)
Human Bacteroides PCR	HF183	5′-ATC ATG AGT TCA CAT GTC CG-3′	8
	Bac708R	5′-CAA TCG GAG TTC TTC GTG-3′
M. smithii PCR	Mnif-342f	5′-AAC AGA AAA CCC AGT GAA GAG-3′	55
	Mnif-363r	5′-ACG TAA AGG CAC TGA AAA ACC-3′
Adenovirus nested PCR	hexAA1885	5′-GCC GCA GTG GTC TTA CAT GCA CAT C-3′	46
	hexAA1913	5′-CAG CAC GCC GCG GAT GTC AAA GT-3′
	nehexAA1893	5′-GCC ACC GAG ACG TAC TTC AGC CTG-3′
	nehexAA1905	5′-TTG TAC GAG TAC GCG GTA TCC TCG CGG TC-3′
Human polyomavirus PCR/qPCRa	SM2	5′-AGT CTT TAG GGT CTT CTA CCT TT-3′	37, 38
	P6	5′-GGT GCC AAC CTA TGG AAC AG-3′
	KGJ3	5′-(FAM)-TCA TCA CTG GCA AAC AT-(MGBNFQ)-3′

^aThe SM2 and P6 primers were used in both the PCR and qPCR assays.