Muromegalovirus

Muromegalovirus
Virus classification
Group:	Group I (dsDNA)
Family:	Herpesviridae
Subfamily:	Betaherpesvirinae
Genus:	Muromegalovirus
Species:	Murid herpesvirus 1 Murid herpesvirus 2

Muromegalovirus is a genus of viruses found in rodents that belong to the betaherpesviridae subfamily of herpesviruses. Murid viruses murid herpesvirus 1 (MuHV-1) and murid herpesvirus 2 (MuHV-2)--previously defined as mouse cytomegalovirus (MCMV) and rat cytomegalovirus (RCMV)--belong to this genus.^[1]

References

1. ^ Koichi Yamanishi; Arvin, Ann M.; Gabriella Campadelli-Fiume; Edward Mocarski; Moore, Patrick; Roizman, Bernard; Whitley, Richard (2007). Human herpesviruses: biology, therapy, and immunoprophylaxis. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-82714-0.