Herpesvirus - Definition - Law Dictionary Home Dictionary Definition herpesvirus

Definition :

any of several dozen DNA containing virus of the family Herpetoviridae including among them such human disease causing agents as Herpes simplex virus causing oral and genital herpes varicella zoster virus Herpes zoster virus causing shingles and chickenpox varicella Epstein Barr virus EB virus causing infectious mononucleosis and Cytomegalovirus