Lymphocryptovirus
Virus classification
Group:	Group I (dsDNA)
Family:	Herpesviridae
Subfamily:	Gammaherpesvirinae
Genus:	Lymphocryptovirus

Lymphocryptoviruses (LCV, gamma-1 herpesviruses) are a genus of herpesviruses that include the human Epstein-Barr virus as well as viruses that infect both Old World monkeys and New World monkeys.^[1] Other names for the Lymphocryptovirus genus include Lymphocryptoviridae and gamma-1 herpesviruses.

[edit] Lymphocryptovirus species

• human Epstein-Barr virus (EBV, Human herpesvirus 4, HHV-4)
• chimpanzee lymphocryptovirus (Pongine herpesvirus 1, PoHV-1, Herpesvirus pan)
• orangutan lymphocryptovirus (Pongine herpesvirus 2, PoHV-2, Orangutan herpesvirus)
• gorilla lymphocryptovirus (Herpesvirus gorilla, Pongine herpesvirus 3, PoHV-3)
• baboon lymphocryptovirus (baboon herpesvirus, Herpesvirus papio, HVP, Cercopithecine herpesvirus 12, CeHV-12)
• African green monkey EBV-like virus (Cercopithecine herpesvirus 14, CeHV-14)
• rhesus lymphocryptovirus (rhesus LCV, RLV, Cercopithecine HV 15)
• marmoset lymphocryptovirus (Callitrichine HV 3, CalHV-3, CHV3)

ICTVdB Index of Viruses

[edit] References

1. ^ Wang F, Rivailler P, Rao P, Cho Y. "Simian homologues of Epstein-Barr virus". Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2001 Apr 29;356(1408):489-97. PMID 11313007.