Herpesviridae
Translingual
Etymology
From New Latin herpes + -viridae.
Proper noun
Herpesviridae
- A taxonomic family within the order Herpesvirales – herpesviruses, which are double-stranded DNA viruses, responsible for recurring latent infections due their mode of replication.
Hypernyms
- (family): Virus - kingdom; double-stranded DNA viruses (dsDNA, Group 1) - Baltimore virus classification; Herpesvirales - order
- Duplodnaviria – realm; Heunggongvirae – kingdom; Peploviricota – phylum; Herviviricetes – class; Herpesvirales – order; - ICTV 2019
Hyponyms
- (family): Alphaherpesvirinae, Betaherpesvirinae, Gammaherpesvirinae - subfamilies
- Iguanid herpesvirus - species not assigned to genus or subfamily
Derived terms
References
- Herpesviridae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Herpesviridae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Herpesviridae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Herpesviridae at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Herpesviridae at the Catalogue of Life
- Herpesviridae in taxon history at International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses