Herpesviridae

Herpesviridae

<tr><th bgcolor=violet>Scientific classification <tr><td>

<tr><td>Domain:<td>Virus <tr><td><td>dsDNA viruses <tr><td>Family:<td>Herpesviridae </table> <tr><th bgcolor=violet>Genera <tr><td>

Subfamily Alphaherpesvirinae
- Simplexvirus
- Varicellovirus
- Mardivirus
- Iltovirus
Subfamily Betaherpesvirinae
- Cytomegalovirus
- Muromegalovirus
- Roseolovirus
Subfamily Gammaherpesvirinae
- Lymphocryptovirus
- Rhadinovirus
Unassigned subfamily:
- Ictalurivirus

</table> Herpesviridae is the name of a family of DNA viruses that cause diseases in humans and animals. There are eight types of viruses in this family known to cause disease in humans. These viruses are (HHV stands for human herpesviruses):

HHV-1 = HSV-1 (herpes simplex virus 1): causes cold sores/genital herpes
HHV-2 = HSV-2 (herpes simplex virus 2): causes cold sores/genital herpes
HHV-3 = VZV (varicella-zoster virus): causes chickenpox and shingles
HHV-4 = EBV (Epstein-Barr virus), lymphocryptovirus: causes mononucleosis
HHV-5 = CMV (cytomegalovirus): causes mononucleosis, retinitis, etc.
HHV-6 = roseolovirus: causes "sixth disease" (roseola infantum, exanthem subitum)
HHV-7 = closely related to HHV-6; causes roughly the same symtoms
HHV-8 = rhadinovirus = KSHV = Kaposi's sarcoma herpesvirus

Herpesviridae

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