15.0 Flashcards
herpes viruses
primary infection is followed by latent infection
virus remains in the body for the life of the host
virtually all humans carry one or more herpes viruses
herpes virus structure
capsid with icosahedral symmetry
herpes viral envelope
newly replicated viruses bud out from the human cell they have invaded, they take a portion of the host cell membrane with them
this becomes the virl envelope
3 sub families of herpes viruses
alphaherpesvirinae
betaherpesvirinae
gammaherpesvirinae
site of alphaherpesvirus latency
sensory nerve ganglia
site of beta herpesvirus latency
mononuclear cells
site of gamma herpesvirus latency
lymphoid cells
alphaherpesviruses
herpes ssimplex 1
herpes simplex 2
vericella-zoster virus
betaherpesvirinae
cytomegalovirus
human herpes virus 6
humaan herpes virus 7
gammaherpesvirinae
epstein barr virus
kaposi’s sarcoma related virus