What this page does and does not yet contain. This is the taxonomy pass. Every virus below carries its ICTV classification and the evidence that it infects people. Vaccines, antivirals, antibodies and disease-burden figures have not been searched yet — that is why the last column says so, rather than being blank or saying “none”. An empty cell would claim that nothing exists; this claims only that nobody has looked.
Taxonomy is copied by script from the ICTV Virus Metadata Resource and is never hand-edited. How a virus qualifies for this list, and which viruses are deliberately left out, is on the methods page.
Where this family sits
Ranks above family are shared by every member, copied from ICTV MSL41.v1 / VMR_MSL41.v1.20260729.xlsx.
| Realm | Duplodnaviria |
|---|---|
| Kingdom | Heunggongvirae |
| Phylum | Peploviricota |
| Class | Herviviricetes |
| Order | Herpesvirales |
| Family | Orthoherpesviridae |
Genome type in this family: I — dsDNA.
Members with evidence of human infection
10 of this family’s species qualify for the index. Species with no human sequence evidence, and the commensal families left out altogether, are explained on the methods page.
| Virus | Family | Baltimore class | ICTV species | Human infection | Countermeasures |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cercopithecine betaherpesvirus 5CeBHV5; SCMV; simian cytomegalovirus; Cytomegalovirus cercopithecinebeta5 | Orthoherpesviridae | I — dsDNA | Cytomegalovirus cercopithecinebeta5 | Human infection recorded; pattern not classified | Not searched yet |
| Epstein-Barr virusHuGHV4; EBV; human gammaherpesvirus 4; Lymphocryptovirus human gamma 4 | Orthoherpesviridae | I — dsDNA | Lymphocryptovirus humangamma4 | Human infection recorded; pattern not classified | Vaccine: Phase 2 |
| Herpes simplex virus 1HuAHV1; HSV1; human alphaherpesvirus 1; Simplexvirus humanalpha1 | Orthoherpesviridae | I — dsDNA | Simplexvirus humanalpha1 | Human infection recorded; pattern not classified | Vaccine: all 1 discontinued Antiviral: Approved |
| Herpes simplex virus 2HuAHV2; HSV2; human alphaherpesvirus 2; Simplexvirus humanalpha2 | Orthoherpesviridae | I — dsDNA | Simplexvirus humanalpha2 | Human infection recorded; pattern not classified | Vaccine: Phase 1 Antiviral: Approved |
| Human cytomegalovirusHuBHV5; HCMV; human betaherpesvirus 5; Cytomegalovirus humanbeta5 | Orthoherpesviridae | I — dsDNA | Cytomegalovirus humanbeta5 | Human infection recorded; pattern not classified | Vaccine: Phase 3 Antiviral: Approved |
| Human herpesvirus 6AHuBHV6A; HHV6A; human betaherpesvirus 6A; Roseolovirus humanbeta6a | Orthoherpesviridae | I — dsDNA | Roseolovirus humanbeta6a | Human infection recorded; pattern not classified | Not searched yet |
| Human herpesvirus 6BHuBHV6B; HHV6B; human betaherpesvirus 6B; Roseolovirus humanbeta6b | Orthoherpesviridae | I — dsDNA | Roseolovirus humanbeta6b | Human infection recorded; pattern not classified | Not searched yet |
| Human herpesvirus 7HuBHV7; HHV7; human betaherpesvirus 7; Roseolovirus humanbeta7 | Orthoherpesviridae | I — dsDNA | Roseolovirus humanbeta7 | Human infection recorded; pattern not classified | Not searched yet |
| Macacine alphaherpesvirus 1McAHV1; BV; B-virus; Simplexvirus macacinealpha1 | Orthoherpesviridae | I — dsDNA | Simplexvirus macacinealpha1 | Human infection recorded; pattern not classified | Not searched yet |
| Varicella-zoster virusHuAHV3; VZV; human alphaherpesvirus 3; Varicellovirus humanalpha3 | Orthoherpesviridae | I — dsDNA | Varicellovirus humanalpha3 | Human infection recorded; pattern not classified | Vaccine: Approved Antiviral: Approved |
Countermeasures across this family
Vaccines, antivirals and antibodies have not been searched for this family yet. When they are, this section will carry the family-level summary that makes broad-spectrum candidates visible. It is empty because the work is outstanding, not because nothing exists.