Gammaherpesvirinae

The Gammaherpesvirinae form a subfamily of the virus family Herpesviridae. Due to their specific characteristic in which proliferation in lymphocytes, they stimulate the division, the Gammaherpesvirinae are also referred to as " lymphoproliferative virus group ". Conditioned by this property gamma herpes viruses can trigger malignant diseases with - unlike alpha and beta herpes viruses (eg, EBV: Burkitt 's lymphoma, HHV- 8 Kaposi 's sarcoma ).

It consists of the following genera ( with major viral species):

  • Genus lymphocryptovirus Species Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) = Human herpesvirus 4 (HHV -4)
  • Species Pongines herpesvirus 1 ( PoHV -1) ( Chimpanzee herpesvirus)
  • Species Pongines herpesvirus 2 ( PoHV -2) ( orangutan herpesvirus)
  • Species Pongines herpesvirus 3 ( PoHV -3) ( Gorilla herpesvirus)
  • Genus Rhadinovirus Species human herpesvirus 8 (HHV -8)
  • Species herpesvirus saimiri 2 ( SaHV -2)
  • Species bovine herpesvirus 4 ( BoHV -4) ( Movar virus)
  • Genus Macavirus
  • Genus Percavirus

Not classified species within the subfamily Gammaherpesvirinae:

Herpesvirales Virus classification National Center for Biotechnology Information Burkitt's lymphoma Kaposi's sarcoma Epstein–Barr virus
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