Table 1.

Primers and Probes for HIV and different Herpesviruses, adapted from Gianella et al. (2013b)

Virus	Forward primer*	Reverse primer*	Probe**
HIV-1	GCACTTTAAATTTTCCCATTAGTCCTA	CAAATTTCTACTAATGCTTTTATTTTTTC	f-AAGCCAGGAATGGATGGCC-q
HSV-1	GGGCAGCGTTGATAGGAATTTA	TGTTTTCGGCGCTACCGA	f-CTCCCGGTACAGGTCGGCGTTG-q
HSV-2	CGCCAAATACGCCTTAGCA	AGGTTCTTCCCGCGAAAT	f-CTCGCTTAAGATGGCCGATCCCAATC-q
CMV	AGGTCTTCAAGGAACTCAGCAAGA	CGGCAATCGGTTTGTTGTAAA	f-AACCCGTCAGCCATTCTCTCGGC-q
EBV	CGGAAGCCCTCTGGACTTC	CCCTGTTTATCCGATGGAATG	f-TGTACACGCACGAGAAATGCGCC-q
HHV-6	GTTAGGATATACCGATGTGCGTGAT	TACAGATACGGAGGCAATAGATTTG	f-TCCGAAACAACTGTCTGACTGGCAAAA-q
HHV-7	AGCGGTACCTGTAAAATCATCCA	AACAGAAACGCCACCTCGAT	f-ACCAGTGAGAACATCGCTCTAACTGGATCA-q
HHV-8	TCGGTGGCGATGCTTTAGAC	TGAAGCAGACGATGCTTTGC	f -TCGTAACCCCCGTCTACTTTCCCCG-q

^*All sequences are given from 5’ to 3’ end.

^**All our probes have 5’ 6-FAM™ reporting dye (f-) and 3’ Black Hole Quencher^® (-q).