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ReviewVirology journal2025

Herpesviruses: overview of systematics, genomic complexity and life cycle.

Aurélie Dotto-Maurel, Isabelle Arzul, Benjamin Morga, Germain Chevignon

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Review in Virology journal, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Aurélie Dotto-MaurelIfremer, ASIM Adaptation et Santé des Invertébrés Marins, La Tremblade, F-17390, France. aurelie.dotto.maurel@ifremer.fr.
Isabelle ArzulIfremer, ASIM Adaptation et Santé des Invertébrés Marins, La Tremblade, F-17390, France.
Benjamin MorgaIfremer, ASIM Adaptation et Santé des Invertébrés Marins, La Tremblade, F-17390, France.
Germain ChevignonIfremer, ASIM Adaptation et Santé des Invertébrés Marins, La Tremblade, F-17390, France. germain.chevignon@ifremer.fr.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Herpesviruses are double-stranded DNA viruses with distinct morphological features and are among the largest and most complex viruses. According to the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV), in 2022, there were 133 herpesviruses classified into three families: Orthoherpesviridae, infecting mammals and birds; Malacoherpesviridae infecting marine molluscs; and Alloherpesviridae infecting fish and amphibians. Herpesviruses have a complex genomic architecture, characterised by unique regions flanked by repeated and inverted sequences. Unique regions can undergo rearrangements leading to the formation of genomic isomers, which could have important implications for the life cycle of the virus. Herpesviruses life cycle consists of two main phases: the lytic phase, during which viral genes are expressed and translated into viral proteins that regulate DNA replication, capsid formation and the production of new particles; and the persistence phase, in which the virus persists in the host without being eliminated by the immune system. This review offers an updated and comprehensive overview of the Herpesvirales order, detailing their morphological characteristics, providing an in-depth taxonomic classification, examining their genomic architecture and isomers, and describing their life cycle.

Indexed as

Genome, ViralHerpesviridaeAnimalsDNA ReplicationDNA, ViralGenomicsHerpesviridae InfectionsHumansLife Cycle StagesPhylogenyViral ProteinsVirus ReplicationDNA, ViralViral ProteinsGenomic architectureHerpesvirusLife cyclePhylogeny

Identifiers

PMID40399963
PMCPMC12096621

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