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herpes viruses

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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

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herpes virus structure

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capsid with icosahedral symmetry

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herpes viral envelope

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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

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3 sub families of herpes viruses

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alphaherpesvirinae
betaherpesvirinae
gammaherpesvirinae

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site of alphaherpesvirus latency

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sensory nerve ganglia

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site of beta herpesvirus latency

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mononuclear cells

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site of gamma herpesvirus latency

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lymphoid cells

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alphaherpesviruses

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herpes ssimplex 1
herpes simplex 2
vericella-zoster virus

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betaherpesvirinae

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cytomegalovirus
human herpes virus 6
humaan herpes virus 7

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gammaherpesvirinae

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epstein barr virus

kaposi’s sarcoma related virus

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