Herpesviridae

Translingual

Etymology

From New Latin herpes + -viridae.

Proper noun

Herpesviridae

A taxonomic family within the order Herpesvirales – the herpesviruses, which are double-stranded DNA viruses, responsible for recurring latent infections due their mode of replication.

Hypernyms

(order): Virus - kingdom; double-stranded DNA viruses (dsDNA, Group 1) - Baltimore virus classification; Herpesvirales - order

Hyponyms

(family): Alphaherpesvirinae, Betaherpesvirinae, Gammaherpesvirinae - subfamilies

Further reading

Herpesviridae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Herpesviridae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Herpesviridae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Herpesviridae at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Herpesviridae at Encyclopedia of Life
Herpesviridae at the Catalogue of Life
Herpesviridae taxon history at International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses

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