herpesviridae
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Classification
8 serotypes of human herpes virus[2]
double-stranded DNA viruses including:
- alpha Herpes (latency in dorsal root ganglion)
- Herpes simplex virus types 1 & 2
- Varicella-zoster virus
- beta Herpes (latency in endothelial cells)
- cytomegalovirus
- human herpes virus 6
- human herpes virus 7
- human herpes virus 8
Laboratory
- Herpes virus identified by culture
- electron microscopy
- size: 150-200 nm
More general terms
More specific terms
- cytomegalovirus (CMV, human herpesvirus 5, HHV5)
- Epstein-Barr virus (EBV); human herpesvirus 4 (HHV4)
- gammaherpesvirinae
- Herpes simplex (HSV) or Herpes hominis
- human herpesvirus type 6; roseolovirus (HHV-6)
- human herpesvirus type 7 (HHV-7)
- human herpesvirus type 8; Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (HHV8, KSVK)
- pseudorabies virus; Suid herpesvirus 1 (SuHV1)
- Varicella [Herpes] zoster virus (VZV); human herpesvirus 3 (HHV3)
Additional terms
References
- ↑ Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 14th ed. Fauci et al (eds), McGraw-Hill Inc. NY, 1998, pg 1066-67
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Brady MP (images) Cutaneous and Mucosal Manifestations of Viral Diseases. Medscape. March 2017 http://reference.medscape.com/features/slideshow/viral-skin