Herpesviridae
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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 
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
