| CMV | cytomegalovirus |
| EGSs | external guide sequences |
| CRISPRs | clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats |
| TALENs | transcription activator-like effector nucleases |
| ACT | adoptive T cell therapy |
| HHV | herpesvirus |
| AIDS | acquired immunodeficiency syndromes |
| HIV | human immunodeficiency virus |
| SOT | solid organ transplant |
| CNS | central nervous system |
| SNHL | sensorineural hearing loss |
| mCSP | mRNA sequence which codes for capsid scaffolding proteins |
| sgRNA | single-guiding RNA |
| PAM | protospacer adjacent motif |
| GPCMV | guinea pig cytomegalovirus |
| HSCT | hematopoietic stem cell transplantation |
| PSPA | peptide specific proliferation assay |
| TCM | specific central memory T cells |
| GMP | good manufacturing practice |