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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
immunology and microbiology
ICTV virus taxonomy profile: Herpesviridae 2021
Journal of General Virology, Volume 102, No. 10, Article 001673, Year 2021
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Description
Members of the family Herpesviridae have enveloped, spherical virions with characteristic complex structures consisting of symmetrical and non-symmetrical components. The linear, double-stranded DNA genomes of 125-241 kbp contain 70-170 genes, of which 43 have been inherited from an ancestral herpesvirus. In general, herpesviruses have coevolved with and are highly adapted to their hosts, which comprise many mammalian, avian and reptilian species. Following primary infection, they are able to establish lifelong latent infection, during which there is limited viral gene expression. Severe disease is usually observed only in the foetus, the very young, the immunocompromised or following infection of an alternative host. This is a summary of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) Report on the family Herpesviridae, which is available at ictv.global/report/herpesviridae. © 2021
Authors & Co-Authors
Gatherer, Derek
United Kingdom, Lancaster
Lancaster University
Depledge, Daniel Pearce
United States, New York
Nyu Grossman School of Medicine
Benkő, Mária A.
Unknown Affiliation
Bryant, Neil A.
United Kingdom, Cambridge
University of Cambridge
Doszpoly, Andor
Unknown Affiliation
Gompels, Ursula A.
United Kingdom, London
Royal Veterinary College University of London
Lacoste, Vincent
Laos, Vientiane
Institut Pasteur du Laos
Norberg, Peter
Sweden, Gothenburg
Göteborgs Universitet
Orton, Richard J.
United Kingdom, Glasgow
University of Glasgow
Pellett, Philip E.
United States, Detroit
Wayne State University School of Medicine
Scott Schmid, Donald
United States, Atlanta
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Spatz, Stephen J.
United States, Athens
Us National Poultry Research Center
Stewart, James P.
United Kingdom, Liverpool
University of Liverpool
Trimpert, Jakob
Germany, Berlin
Freie Universität Berlin
Waltzek, Thomas B.
United States, Gainesville
University of Florida
Davison, Andrew J.
United Kingdom, Glasgow
University of Glasgow
Siddell, Stuart G.
Unknown Affiliation
Lefkowitz, Elliot J.
Unknown Affiliation
Sabanadzovic, Sead
Unknown Affiliation
Simmonds, Peter N.
Unknown Affiliation
Zerbini, Francisco Murilo
Unknown Affiliation
Smith, Donald B.
Unknown Affiliation
Varsani, Arvind
Unknown Affiliation
Statistics
Citations: 57
Authors: 23
Affiliations: 21
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1099/JGV.0.001673
ISSN:
00221317
Research Areas
Genetics And Genomics