herpesvirus
Americannoun
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herpesviruses
plural
noun
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of herpesvirus
First recorded in 1920–25; from New Latin; see origin at herpes, virus
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From this large dataset, the team successfully identified and reconstructed eleven ancient herpesvirus genomes.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 7, 2026
In addition to asking “Who?” a lot, Sherman pointed out the awkward fact that Flaco’s autopsy indicated that the owl had a severe pigeon herpesvirus when it died.
From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2024
But to be sure Epstein-Barr was the culprit, Ascherio and his colleagues also measured antibodies against cytomegalovirus, another herpesvirus, and found no difference in levels in those who developed MS and those who did not.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 13, 2022
EBV, a herpesvirus that infects most people by adolescence and then lies latent in B cells throughout life, has long been a prime suspect.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 12, 2022
Herpes Zoster Varicella-zoster virus: A herpesvirus that causes chickenpox and shingles.
From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Thomas Jefferson Ritter
"Our findings define the mechanisms of action of any treatment that induces interferons and how they can prevent and treat infections from HSV, as well as other herpesviruses and nuclear DNA viruses."
From Science Daily ● Dec. 15, 2023
Knipe says he became interested in the biology of herpesviruses as an undergraduate while recovering from a bout of mononucleosis.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 15, 2023
When both engineered and unmodified herpesviruses were inoculated into mice, the gene drive converted up to 90% of the viruses—possibly enough to prevent an HSV-1 infection from causing symptoms such as painful cold sores.
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 14, 2023
Sand scooped from their tracks contains enough DNA to provide valuable insights into the turtles and the chelonid herpesviruses and fibropapillomatosis tumors that afflict them.
From Scientific American ● May 15, 2023
An example is the animal herpesviruses, including herpes simplex viruses, the cause of herpes in humans.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
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