Patent ID: 7365176

Claim:
An article of manufacture, comprising: a pair of EBV latent membrane protein (lmp) primers, wherein said pair of EBV lmp primers comprises a first lmp primer and a second lmp primer, wherein said first lmp primer consists of the sequence 5′-ATG AGG AAC GTG AAT CTA ATG A-3′ (SEQ ID NO:1) and wherein said second lmp primer consists of the sequence 5′-TAC AGA TAG ATG GCA CTC TTA CC-3′ (SEQ ID NO:2); a pair of EBV lmp probes, wherein said pair of EBV lmp probes comprises a first lmp probe and a second lmp probe, wherein said first lmp probe consists of the sequence 5′-CTA CTC TCC ACG GGA TGA CTC ATC TCA ACA CA-3′ (SEQ ID NO:3) and wherein said second lmp probe consists of the sequence 5′-GAA GAA GCG GGC AGA GG-3′ (SEQ ID NO:4); and a donor fluorescent moiety and a corresponding acceptor fluorescent moiety.