Herpesvirus
n.
any of several dozen DNA-containing virus of the family Herpetoviridae , including among them such human-disease-causing agents as Herpes simplex virus causing oral and genital herpes , varicella-zoster virus ( Herpes zoster virus ) causing shingles and chickenpox (varicella), Epstein-Barr virus (EB virus) causing infectious mononucleosis, and Cytomegalovirus .
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