Herpesvirus gorilla
Herpesvirus gorilla | |
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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]
References
- ↑ Neubauer RH, Rabin H, Strnad BC, Nonoyama M, Nelson-Rees WA (1979). "Establishment of a lymphoblastoid cell line and isolation of an Epstein-Barr-related virus of gorilla origin". J Virol. 31 (3): 845–8. PMC 353513 . PMID 92573.
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