herpesvirus

noun

her·pes·vi·rus ˌhər-(ˌ)pēz-ˈvī-rəs

: any of a family (Herpesviridae) of double-stranded DNA viruses that include the cytomegalovirus and Epstein-Barr virus and the causative agents of chicken pox, herpes simplex, Marek's disease, roseola infantum, and shingles

Examples of herpesvirus in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The other flavor has tails and primarily infects bacteria and archaea but also contains the herpesvirus family, which infects animals. —

Diana Gitig, Ars Technica, 25 Apr. 2023 Low levels of human adenovirus and human herpesvirus 6 were found in the liver in most cases, which the authors similarly speculate enabled AAV2 replication and liver damage. —

Janelle Chavez, CNN, 30 Mar. 2023 The herpesvirus is a DNA virus (remember those? —

Nina Shapiro, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2021 Chickens, for example, routinely get vaccinated for Marek’s disease, which caused by a herpesvirus. —

Jen Christensen, CNN, 10 Mar. 2023 It’s a herpesvirus, one of the group that causes herpes, chickenpox, and glandular fever in humans. —

Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 12 July 2012 The herpesvirus is probably not a good way to go in people. —

Dan Hurley, Discover Magazine, 6 June 2012 Nearly all of us contract a herpesvirus during our lives, via nonsexual spread. —

Benjamin Mazer, The Atlantic, 17 Aug. 2022 Urogenital carcinoma, present in a quarter of sea lions necropsied in California, is definitively caused by a herpesvirus. —

Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 25 May 2021 See More

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