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HerpesVirus
The family of ViralAgent that includes various kinds of herpes simplex virus including HerpesBVirus, HSV-1 and HSV-2
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Parents ViralAgent BiologicalAgents that are also a Virus.
  VirusDoubleStranded The class of viruses whose DNA or RNA is doublestranded.
Children CytomegalovirusCytomegalovirus (CMV) is a genus of viruses in the order Herpesvirales, in the family Herpesviridae, in the subfamily Betaherpesvirinae. Humans and monkeys serve as natural hosts. The 11 species in this genus include human betaherpesvirus 5 (HCMV, human cytomegalovirus, HHV-5), which is the species that infects humans. Diseases associated with HHV-5 include mononucleosis, and pneumonia. In the medical literature, most mentions of CMV without further specification refer implicitly to human CMV. Human CMV is the most studied of all cytomegaloviruses.[from Wikipedia]
 EpsteinBarrVirusThe Epstein–Barr virus (EBV), formally called Human gammaherpesvirus 4, is one of the nine known human herpesvirus types in the herpes family, and is one of the most common viruses in humans. [from Wikipedia]
 HerpesBVirusA virus which is carried by Macaque monkeys and which does not harm these primates, but which causes the very serious HerpesB disease in humans.


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