Herpesviridae
Translingual
Etymology
From New Latin herpes + -viridae.
Proper noun
Herpesviridae
- A taxonomic family within the order Herpesvirales – the herpesviruses, which are double-stranded DNA viruses, responsible for recurring latent infections due their mode of replication.
Hypernyms
- (family): Virus - kingdom; double-stranded DNA viruses (dsDNA, Group 1) - Baltimore virus classification; Herpesvirales - order
- Duplodnaviria - realm; Heunggongvirae - kingdom; Peploviricota - phylum; Herviviricetes - class; Herpesvirales - order; - ICTV 2019
Hyponyms
- (family): Alphaherpesvirinae, Betaherpesvirinae, Gammaherpesvirinae - subfamilies
- Iguanid herpesvirus - species not assigned to genus or subfamily
Derived terms
- Alloherpesviridae
- Malacoherpesviridae
References
Herpesviridae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Herpesviridae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Herpesviridae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Herpesviridae at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Herpesviridae at Encyclopedia of Life
- Herpesviridae at the Catalogue of Life
- Herpesviridae in taxon history at International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses