Disease or Syndrome
herpesviridae infection
Subclass of:
DNA Virus Infections
Definitions related to herpesviridae infections:
  • (herpesvirus infection) An infection caused by a herpesvirus.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • (herpesviridae disease) Infection by a member of the Herpesviridae family, a family of enveloped, linear, double-stranded DNA viruses; occurs in a wide variety of animals.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • Virus diseases caused by the HERPESVIRIDAE.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • Eight types of herpesviruses infect humans. After initial infection, all herpesviruses remain latent within specific host cells and may subsequently reactivate. Clinical syndromes due to primary infection can vary significantly from those caused by reactivation of these viruses. Herpesviruses do not survive long outside a host; thus,...
    Merck Manuals
    Merck & Co., Inc., 2025
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