Herpesvirus gorilla

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Herpesvirus gorilla
Virus classification
Group: Group I (dsDNA)
Family: Herpesviridae
Subfamily: Gammaherpesvirinae
Genus: Lymphocryptovirus
Species: Herpesvirus gorilla

Herpesvirus gorilla was the fifth virus described in the lymphocryptovirus genus of herpesviruses. Previously described members of that genus were the human Epstein-Barr virus as well as lymphocryptoviruses that infect baboons, chimpanzees, and orangutans. As its name implies, herpesvirus gorilla infects gorillas. [1]


[edit] References

  1. ^ Neubauer RH, Rabin H, Strnad BC, Nonoyama M, Nelson-Rees WA. "Establishment of a lymphoblastoid cell line and isolation of an Epstein-Barr-related virus of gorilla origin". J Virol 1979 Sep;31(3):845-8. PMID 92573.