Publication Database

ICTV Virus taxonomy profile:
Herpesviridae 2021 (2021)

Art

Zeitschriftenartikel / wissenschaftlicher Beitrag

Autoren

Gatherer, Derek

Depledge, Daniel P.

Hartley, Carol A.

Szpara, Moriah L.

Vaz, Paola K.

Benkő, Mária

Brandt, Curtis R.

Bryant, Neil A.

Dastjerdi, Akbar

Doszpoly, Andor

Gompels, Ursula A.

Inoue, Naoki

Jarosinski, Keith W.

Kaul, Rajeev

Lacoste, Vincent

Norberg, Peter

Origgi, Francesco C.

Orton, Richard J.

Pellett, Philip E

Schmid, D Scott

Spatz, Stephen J

Stewart, James P.

Trimpert, Jakob (WE 5)

Waltzek, Thomas B.

Davison, Andrew J.

Quelle

The journal of general virology

Bandzählung: 102

Heftzählung: 10

Seiten: Artikel 001673

ISSN: 0022-1317

Sprache

Englisch

Verweise

URL (Volltext): https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jgv/10.1099/jgv.0.001673

DOI: 10.1099/jgv.0.001673

Pubmed: 34704922

Kontakt

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Abstract / Zusammenfassung

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.