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Roseolovirus

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Roseolovirus
[ro′ze-o′lovi′rus]
a genus of herpesviruses closely related to the genus Cytomegalovirus, containing the single species human herpesvirus 6, which is the causal agent of roseola infantum.

Roseolovirus [ro″ze-o´lo-vi″rus]
a genus of herpesviruses closely related to the genus Cytomegalovirus, containing the single species human herpesvirus 6, which is the etiologic agent of roseola infantum.

Roseolovirus
a genus in the Betaherpesvirinae. It contains human herpesvirus 6.


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These viruses belong to the Roseolovirus genus of the betaherpesvirus subfamily; they are highly homologous with each other and are ubiquitous, with a high seroprevalence rate (90% for HHV-6 and 75% for HHV-7, respectively).
The Virus HHV-6 and HHV-7 belong to the Roseolovirus genus of the [Beta]-herpesvirus subfamily; HHV-6 species are divided into two variants: HHV-6A and HHV-6B.
 
 
 
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