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Herpesviruses Properties of herpesviruses Enveloped double stranded DNA viruses. Genome consisits of long and short fragments which may be orientated in either direction, giving a total of 4 isomers. Three subfamilies: Alphaherpesviruses - HSV-1, HSV-2, VZV Betaherpesviruses - CMV, HHV-6, HHV-7 Gammaherpesviruses - EBV, HHV-8 Set up latent or persistent infection following primary infection Reactivation are more likely to take place during periods of immunosuppression Both primary infection and reactivation are likely to be more serious in immunocompromised patients. Herpesvirus Particle Herp