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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 1 Primer and TaqMan probes used for detection of HSV-1, HSV-2, and CMV

From: Frequency and characteristics of bacterial and viral low-grade infections of the intervertebral discs: a prospective, observational study

Primer

Sequence

Amount

HSV forward

GAGTGCGAAAA(A/G)ACGTTC

10.0 pmol

HSV reverse

GTCTACGAGGACGGCC

10.0 pmol

CMV forward

GACACAACACCGTAAAGC

8.0 pmol

CMV reverse

CAGCGTTCGTGTTTCC

8.0 pmol

PLZF/X1U

GCGATGTGGTCATCATGGTG

1.6 pmol

PLZF/X1L

CGTGTCATTGTCGTCTGAGGC

1.6 pmol

TaqMan probe

 HSV-1

CGT CAT CTA CGG GGG TAA GAT GC

4.0 pmol

 HSV-2

TCA TCT GCG GGG GCA AGA T

4.0 pmol

 CMV

TCC TCG CAG AAG GAC TCC AG

2.0 pmol

 Extraction control

AGC CGG ATC AAG CGT ATG C

1.0 pmol