Types of Herpes
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) HHV-5. Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a commonly widespread herpes virus that is usually harmless and rarely causes illness. Most people with CMV don't even know they have it, because they have no symptoms. The greatest concern is if you're pregnant or have a compromised immune system.
Human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) ... be changed from HBLV to HHV-6, in accord with the published provisional classification of herpes viruses. Years later, HHV-6 was ...
Human Herpes Virus 7 - HHV-7. In 1990, four years after the isolation of HHV-6, another herpesvirus was discovered. Because of the similarities in genes HHV-6 and HHV-7 and the fact that HHV-7 often acts together with HHV-6, and the viruses together are sometimes referred to as Roseolovirus.
Herpesviridae is a large family of DNA viruses that cause diseases in animals, including humans.[1][2][3] The members of this family are also known as herpesviruses. The family name is derived from the Greek word herpein ("to creep"), referring to the latent, recurring infections typical of this group of viruses.
Herpes simplex virus 1 and 2 (HSV-1 and HSV-2), also known as human herpesvirus 1 and 2 (HHV-1 and HHV-2), are two members of the herpesvirus family, Herpesviridae, that infect humans.[1] Both HSV-1 (which produces most cold sores) and HSV-2 (which produces most genital herpes) are ubiquitous and contagious.
Chickenpox - Varicella Zoster Virus (VZV) - Herpes Virus 3 - HHV-3 Varicella zoster virus (VZV) causes chicken-pox in children and both shingles (herpes zoster) and postherpetic neuralgia in adults but rarely in children.