Lymphocryptovirus

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name = "Lymphocryptovirus"


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familia = "Herpesviridae"
subfamilia = "Gammaherpesvirinae"
genus = "Lymphocryptovirus"

Lymphocryptoviruses (LCV, gamma-1 herpesviruses) are a genus of herpesviruses that include the human Epstein-Barr virus as well as viruses that infect both Old World monkeys and New World monkeys. [cite journal |author=Wang F, Rivailler P, Rao P, Cho Y|title=Simian homologues of Epstein-Barr virus|journal=Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci |volume= 2001 Apr 29;356(1408):489-97 |pmid= 11313007 |doi=] Other names for the Lymphocryptovirus genus include "Lymphocryptoviridae" and gamma-1 herpesviruses.

Lymphocryptovirus species

*human Epstein-Barr virus (EBV, Human herpesvirus 4, HHV-4)
*chimpanzee lymphocryptovirus (Pongine herpesvirus 1, PoHV-1, Herpesvirus pan)
*orangutan lymphocryptovirus (Pongine herpesvirus 2, PoHV-2, Orangutan herpesvirus)
*gorilla lymphocryptovirus (Herpesvirus gorilla, Pongine herpesvirus 3, PoHV-3)
*baboon lymphocryptovirus (baboon herpesvirus, Herpesvirus papio, HVP, Cercopithecine herpesvirus 12, CeHV-12)
*African green monkey EBV-like virus (Cercopithecine herpesvirus 14, CeHV-14)
*rhesus lymphocryptovirus (rhesus LCV, RLV, Cercopithecine HV 15)
*marmoset lymphocryptovirus (Callitrichine HV 3, CalHV-3, CHV3)

[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ICTVdb/Ictv/fs_herpe.htm#new ICTVdB Index of Viruses]

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