TABLE 1.
Classification of human herpesviruses
| Herpesvirus | Abbreviation
|
Size (kb) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Common | Formal | ||
| Alphaherpesvirinae | |||
| Simplexvirus | |||
| Herpes simplex virus type 1 | HSV-1 | HHV-1 | 152 |
| Herpes simplex virus type 2 | HSV-2 | HHV-2 | 155 |
| Varicellovirus | |||
| Varicella-zoster virus | VZV | HHV-3 | 125 |
| Betaherpesvirinae | |||
| Cytomegalovirus | |||
| HCMV | HCMV | HHV-5 | 227-236 |
| Roseolovirus | |||
| Human herpesvirus type 6 | HHV-6 | HHV-6 | 159-162 |
| Human herpesvirus type 7 | HHV-7 | HHV-7 | 144-153 |
| Gammaherpesvirinae | |||
| Lymphocryptovirus | |||
| EBV | EBV | HHV-4 | 172-173 |
| Rhadinovirus | |||
| Human herpesvirus type 8 | HHV-8 | HHV-8 | 134-138 |