Flashcards: Gammaherpesvirinae

The baboon lymphocryptovirus (baboon herpes virus, HVP) was the first lymphocryptovirus isolated from a non-human primate to be described.

The rhesus lymphocryptovirus (rhesus LCV, RLV, Cercopithecine HV 15) is a gamma-1 herpesvirus in the same genus as the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV).

Murid herpesvirus 4 (MuHV 4) is a virus in the genus Rhadinovirus.

Murid herpesvirus 68 (MHV-68) aka murine herpesvirus 68 is an isolate of Murid herpesvirus 4 which is a virus in the genus Rhadinovirus.

Bovine herpesvirus 4 is a member of the Herpesviridae family.

Equine herpesvirus 2 (EHV-2) is a virus of the family Herpesviridae, originally known as equine cytomegalovirus due to its slow replication in tissue culture.

Bovine malignant catarrhal fever (BMCF) is a fatal lymphoproliferative disease caused by a group of ruminant gamma herpes viruses including Alcelaphine Herpes Virus 1 (AlHV-1) and Ovine Herpes Virus 2 (OvHV-2) These viruses cause inapparent infection in their reservoir hosts, (sheep with OvHV-2 and wildebeest with AlHV-1) but are usually fatal in cattle and other ungulates such as deer, antelope, and buffalo.

Rhadinovirus (also known as Rhadinoviridae and gamma-2 herpesviruses) is a genus of viruses in the order Herpesvirales, in the family Herpesviridae, in the subfamily Gammaherpesvirinae.

The orangutan lymphocryptovirus (LCV) was the first herpesvirus isolated from an orangutan.

Equine herpesvirus 5 is thought to be the cause of a chronic lung disease of adult horses, equine multinodular pulmonary fibrosis.

Herpesvirus gorilla was the fifth virus described in the lymphocryptovirus genus of herpesviruses.

Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) is the eighth human herpesvirus; its formal name according to the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) is HHV-8.

The chimpanzee Lymphocryptovirus (LCV) is a herpesvirus which infects chimpanzee leukocytes.