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. 2020 Jun 24;5(3):e00265-20. doi: 10.1128/mSphere.00265-20

TABLE 6.

Primers and probes

Virus Oligonucleotide
name
Concn
(nM)
Sequence (5′–3′)a Positions of the amplicon
in the genome
(length)
Target
gene
Reference
sequence
(GenBank)
HSV-1 HSV-1 FWDLP1 300 GTTGAGCTAGCCAGCGA 93560–93683 (124 bp) UL42 X14112.1
HSV-1 REVLP1  300 CGTTAAGGACCTTGGTGAGC
HSV-1 probeLP1 250 FAM-CGCGAACTGACGAGCTTTGTG-BHQ1
HSV-2 HSV-2 FWD-2-2 400 CACACCACACGACAACAA 46783–46872 (90 bp) UL23 Z86099.2
HSV-2 REVLP1 400 TAGTTCAAACACGGAAGCC
HSV-2 probeLP1 200 JOE-CGGCGATGACGGCAATAAA-BHQ1
VZV VZV FWDLP1 200 GCGCAAGGCTATTAGAGC 48283–48145 (139 bp) ORF28 KU529566.1
VZV REVLP1 200 ACATGGCAGAAATCCCTG
VZV probeLP1 150 TxRd-CGCATACCCGGAAGTTCTTCAGAT-BHQ2
EBV EBV FWD 200 CGGAAGCCCTCTGGACTTC 153036–152947 (90 bp) BALF5 KF717093.1
EBV REV 300 CCCTGTTTATCCGATGGAATG
EBV Probe 300 FAM-TGTACACGCACGAGAAATGCGCC-BHQ1
HCMV H5 FWD211 400 GTGYTCCGTGAATCGTTAC 80396–80329 (68 bp) UL54 AB329634.1
H5 rev 211 500 AGTCKACCTCGATATCACAAGTCG
H5 Probe 20 300 TxRd-ACCCTGCTGCCGCCAGT-BHQ2
KSHV HHV8 fwd 3.1  200 ATATACGGCGACACTGACTC 13603–13761 (159 bp) ORF9 AP017458.1
HHV8 REV 10 200 GAGCAGAAGGCACTTGAAG
H8 Probe 300 200 JOE-CGGAGGAGCTAGCGTCAATCA-BHQ1
HHV-6A HHV6A FWD1-3  500 CGGCCTCCAGAGTTGTAA 133969–133894 (76 bp) U90 KP257584.1
HHV6A REV 10 500 TGTCCCTTCAACTACTGAATC
HHV6A LNA Probe A1 100 FAM-AC[+A]T[+G]TTGC[+T]A[+G]AAA[+G][+A]CT-BHQ1
HHV6A LNA Probe A2 100 FAM-AC[+A]T[+G]TTGC[+T]A[+C]AAA[+G][+A]CT-BHQ1
HHV-6B H6B FOTY1 300 TTTGACAGGAGTTGCTGAG 136176–136258 (83 bp) U90 AB021506.1
H6B ROTY 1 300 GGATTCAGGAAAAAGGTTCTAA
H6B PROBE MVP 200 JOE-AGGAAGCGTTTCGGTACACTTGGAG-BHQ1
HHV-7 HHV7 1. FWD 400 CTCGCAGATTGCTTGTTG 88332–88490 (159 bp) U57 AF037218.1
HHV7 1. REV 400 GCATACACCAACCCTACTGTAA
H7 MOP PROBE 300 TxRd-TTAGGCATCACGTTGGCATTG-BHQ2
a

Nucleotides in brackets refer to locked nucleic acids.