Genus Rhadinovirus

Type Species	Saimiriine herpesvirus 2	(SaHV-2)

Distinguishing Features

The nucleotide or predicted amino acid sequences of the members of the genus form a distinct lineage within the subfamily. Many members productively infect fibroblasts, often of multiple species, in vitro. Members have been isolated from a wide range of mammalian species. Latent infection has been reported in T or B lymphocytes.

List of Species Demarcation Criteria in the Genus

See above under “List of Species Demarcation Criteria in the Family“.

List of Species in the Genus

Official virus species names are in italics. Tentative virus species names, alternative names ( ), strains or serotypes are not italicized. Virus names, genome sequence accession numbers [ ], and assigned abbreviations ( ) are:

Species in the Genus

Alcelaphine herpesvirus 1	[AF005370, AF005363, AF005368]	(AlHV-1)
(Malignant catarrhal fever virus)
Alcelaphine herpesvirus 2		(AlHV-2)
(Hartebeest malignant catarrhal fever virus)
Ateline herpesvirus 2		(AtHV-2)
(Herpesvirus ateles)
Bovine herpesvirus 4		(BoHV-4)
(Movar virus)
Cercopithecine herpesvirus 176		(CeHV-17)
(Rhesus rhadinovirus)
Equid herpesvirus 27	[U20824]	(EHV-2)
Equid herpesvirus 5		(EHV-5)
Equid herpesvirus 7		(EHV-7)
(Asinine herpesvirus 2)
Hippotragine herpesvirus 18		(HiHV-1)
(Roan antelope herpesvirus)
Human herpesvirus 8	[U75699, U75700 U93872]	(HHV-8)
(Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus)
Murid herpesvirus 4	[U97553]	(MuHV-4)
(Mouse herpesvirus strain 68)
Ovine herpesvirus 2		(OvHV-2)
(Sheep-associated malignant catarrhal fever virus)
Saimiriine herpesvirus 2	[X64346]	(SaHV-2)
(Herpesvirus saimiri)

⁶ (Desrosiers, Sasseville, Czajak, Zhang, Mansfield, Kaur, Johnson, Lackner and Jung, 1997).

⁷ EHV-2 was originally called ‘equine cytomegalovirus’. Since the virus is a member of the Gammaherpesvirinae (Telford, Watson, Aird, Perry and Davison, 1995) this name is misleading and has not been included as a synonym.

⁸ (Reid and Bridgen, 1991).

Tentative Species in the Genus

Leporid herpesvirus 1	(LeHV-1)
(Cottontail rabbit herpesvirus)
Leporid herpesvirus 2	(LeHV-2)
(Herpesvirus cuniculi)
Leporid herpesvirus 39	(LeHV-3)
(Herpesvirus sylvilagus)
Marmomid herpesvirus 1	(MarHV-1)
(Woodchuck herpesvirus)
(Herpesvirus marmota)

⁹ In the previous ICTV Report ‘Herpesvirus sylvilagus’ was assumed to be identical to ‘Cottontail rabbit herpesvirus’ and both were defined as Leporid herpesvirus 1. These viruses differ in their genome structure ( Cebrian, Berthelot and Laithier, 1989; Medveczky, Geck, Clarke, Byrnes, SullivanMedveczky, 1989). The virus known as ‘Herpesvirus sylvilagus’ is now named Leporid herpesvirus 3.

Unassigned Members of the Subfamily Gammaherpesvirinae

Callitrichine herpesvirus 1	(CalHV-1)
(Herpesvirus sanguinus)