Herpesviridae comprises a large family of double-stranded DNA viruses that infect both animals and humans. Eight herpesviruses are known to infect humans: herpes simplex virus type-1 and -2, varicella zoster virus, human cytomegalovirus, Epstein-Barr virus, human herpesvirus 6 type-A and -B, human herpesvirus type-7 and -8 or Kaposi's sarcoma virus. Despite the fact that the past two decades ha...

The phylogeny of reptilian herpesviruses (HVs) relative to mammalian and avian HVs was investigated by using available gene sequences and by alignment of encoded amino acid sequences and derivation of trees by maximum-likelihood and Bayesian methods. Phylogenetic loci were obtained for green turtle HV (GTHV) primarily on the basis of DNA polymerase (POL) and DNA binding protein sequences, and f...

objective: assessment of subgingival human cytomegalovirus (hcmv) and epstein barr virus (ebv-1) in subjects with aggressive periodontitis. materials and methods: samples were obtained from plaques formed in subgingival regions of 26 aggressive periodontitis patients. all specimens were submitted to polymerase chain reaction in order to detect hcmv and ebv-1. results: hcmv and ebv-1 were observ...

OBJECTIVE To analyse aqueous polymerase chain reaction (PCR) results in patients diagnosed with undifferentiated uveitis and determine prevalence of herpesviridae in non-uveitic patients undergoing routine cataract extraction. DESIGN Retrospective comparative case series and prospective cross-sectional study. SUBJECTS 72 patients with idiopathic uveitis and 57 surgical patients. METHODS D...

Herpesviridae family is one of the significant viral families which comprises major pathogens of a wide range of hosts. This family includes at least eight species of viruses which are known to infect humans. This family has evolved 180-220 million years ago and the present study highlights that it is still evolving and more genes can be added to the repertoire of this family. In addition, its ...