HERPES VIRUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does herpes virus mean? 

• HERPES VIRUS (noun)
  The noun HERPES VIRUS has 1 sense:

1. any of the animal viruses that cause painful blisters on the skin

  Familiarity information: HERPES VIRUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HERPES VIRUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of the animal viruses that cause painful blisters on the skin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

herpes; herpes virus

Hypernyms ("herpes virus" is a kind of...):

animal virus (an animal pathogen that is a virus)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "herpes virus"):

herpes simplex; herpes simplex virus (a herpes virus that affects the skin and nervous system)

herpes zoster; herpes zoster virus (a herpes virus that causes shingles)

EBV; Epstein-Barr virus (the herpes virus that causes infectious mononucleosis; associated with specific cancers in Africa and China)

CMV; cytomegalovirus (any of a group of herpes viruses that enlarge epithelial cells and can cause birth defects; can affect humans with impaired immunological systems)

varicella zoster virus (the member of the herpes virus family that is responsible for chickenpox)

 Context examples 

It is characterized by the presence of human herpes virus 8-infected large B-lymphocytes that resemble plasmablasts.

(Large B-Cell Lymphoma Arising in Human Herpes Virus 8-Associated Multicentric Castleman Disease, NCI Thesaurus)

A viral infection in chickens caused by the herpes virus.

(Marek Disease, NCI Thesaurus)

An iodinated analog of deoxyuridine originally developed as a chemotherapeutic agent, but more commonly used as a treatment for conditions of herpes virus infection.

(Idoxuridine, NCI Thesaurus)

A nucleoside analog of uridine with activity against hepatitis B virus and herpes viruses.

(Fialuridine, NCI Thesaurus)

A population of allogeneic cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) specifically reactive to the herpes virus cytomegalovirus (CMV) with potential immunomodulating and antiviral activities.

(Allogeneic Cytomegalovirus-Specific Cytotoxic T lymphocytes, NCI Thesaurus)

A dipivoxil formulation of adefovir, a nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor analog of adenosine with activity against hepatitis B virus (HBV), herpes virus, and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

(Adefovir Dipivoxil, NCI Thesaurus)

A vaccine consisting of an inactivated, Modified Vaccinia Ankara (MVA) viral vector encoding three herpes virus cytomegalovirus (CMV) tumor-associated antigens (TAAs), including UL83 (pp65), UL123 (IE1) and UL122 (IE2), with potential immunostimulating activity.

(Multi-peptide CMV-Modified Vaccinia Ankara Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

EBV, a ubiquitous human herpes virus, is associated with various malignancies, including nasopharyngeal carcinoma, Hodgkin's disease, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, and other lymphomas.

(Allogeneic Epstein-Barr Virus-Specific Cytotoxic T-Lymphocytes, NCI Thesaurus)

CMVpp65, a tegument protein of the herpes virus CMV, is the main viral antigen found in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) after viral infection and may activate cell-mediated immunity.

(CMVpp65-A*0201 Peptide Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

Type 1 herpes virus infects more than half of the U.S. population by the time they reach their 20s.

(Cold Sores, NIH)