A family of enveloped, linear, double-stranded DNA viruses infecting a wide variety of animals. Subfamilies, based on biological characteristics, include: ALPHAHERPESVIRINAE; BETAHERPESVIRINAE; and GAMMAHERPESVIRINAE.
Synonyms: Mouse Thymic Viruses, Murid herpesvirus 3, Thymic Virus, Mouse, Mouse Thymic Virus, txid10292, Herpesviridae, Thymic Group Viruses, Herpesviruses, txid2419785, Thymic Viruses, Mouse
Instance information
use HERPESVIRIDAE to search HERPESVIRUSES 1975-80 & HERPESVIRUS 1966-74; use MOUSE LEUKEMIA VIRUSES to search THYMIC GROUP VIRUSES 1975-91 ,general or unspecified; prefer specifics; infection = HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS ,81; was HERPESVIRUSES 1975-80, was HERPESVIRUS 1963-74; THYMIC GROUP VIRUSES was see MOUSE LEUKEMIA VIRUSES 1975-91
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