lymphocryptoviruses meaning
- [Medicine]
A genus of the family HERPESVIRIDAE,subfamily GAMMAHERPESVIRINAE,infecting B-cells in humans and new world primates. The type species human herpesvirus 4 (HERPESVIRUS 4,HUMAN) is better known as the Epstein-Barr virus.
- The sisRNA sequence is ~ 100 % conserved in EBV strains and homology extends to include other lymphocryptoviruses.
- Previously described members of that genus were the human Epstein-Barr virus as well as lymphocryptoviruses that infect baboons, chimpanzees, and orangutans.