Herpesviridae

Translingual

Etymology

From New Latin herpes +‎ -viridae.

Proper noun

Herpesviridae

1. 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

• Alloherpesviridae
• Malacoherpesviridae

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