Alphaherpesvirinae is a subfamily of viruses in the family Orthoherpesviridae, distinguished mainly by reproducing more quickly than the other subfamilies of that family. Mammals serve as its natural hosts. It contains five genera: Iltovirus, Mardivirus, Scutavirus, Simplexvirus and Varicellovirus. Associated diseases include skin vesicles or mucosal ulcers, rarely encephalitis and meningitis, from HHV-1 and HHV-2; chickenpox and shingles from HHV-3; Marek's disease from GaHV-2; Aujeszky's disease in pigs from Pseudorabies virus; and bovine infectious rhinotracheitis and pustular vulvovaginitis from Bovine herpesvirus 1. The virions are enveloped and roughly spherical with icosahedral T=16 symmetry, about 150 to 200 nm across, and carry a linear, non-segmented genome of around 120 to 180 kb. Replication is nuclear.
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Alphaherpesvirinae is a subfamily of viruses in the family Orthoherpesviridae
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Mammals serve as natural hosts.
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Alphaherpesvirinae is a subfamily of viruses in the family Orthoherpesviridae
Child Taxon Of: Orthoherpesviridae, Lead, family
Alphaherpesvirinae is a subfamily of viruses in the family Orthoherpesviridae
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Parent Taxon Of: Varicellovirus, Lead, subfamilyQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Varicellovirus, Lead, subfamily
is a genus of viruses belonging to subfamily Alphaherpesvirinae, a member of family Orthoherpesviridae.
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