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Varicellovirus

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Varicellovirus /Var·i·cel·lo·vi·rus/ (var″ĭ-sel´o-vi″rus) varicella and pseudorabies-like viruses; a genus of viruses of the subfamily Alphaherpesvirinae (family Herpesviridae), including human herpesvirus 3, pseudorabies virus, and bovine and equid herpesviruses.
Varicellovirus [var″ĭ-sel´o-vi″rus]
a genus of herpesviruses that infects both humans and animals; the most common species affecting humans is human herpesvirus 3, which causes chickenpox and herpes zoster.

Varicellovirus
a genus in the subfamily Alphaherpesvirinae.


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Equine herpesvirus (EHV) 9, a varicellovirus in the subfamily Alphaherpesvirinae, is the newest member of the equine herpesviruses.
Included in the herpes viruses are the well-known simplex viruses, HSV 1 and HSV 2, but also the Varicellovirus (HHV 3), the Epstein Barr virus (EBV; HHV 4), the cytomegalovirus (CMV; HHV 5), HHV 6, HHV 7 (Roseolovirus) and HHV 8 (Rhadinovirus).
The alpha herpes viruses include the simplex viruses, HSV 1 and HSV 2, and varicellovirus, HHV 3.
 
 
 
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