Varicellovirus

The following 20 species are assigned to the genus in ICTV 2022

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• Varicellovirus bovinealpha1
• Varicellovirus bovinealpha5
• Varicellovirus bubalinealpha1
• Varicellovirus canidalpha1
• Varicellovirus caprinealpha1
• Varicellovirus cercopithecinealpha9
• Varicellovirus cervidalpha1
• Varicellovirus cervidalpha2
• Varicellovirus cervidalpha3
• Varicellovirus equidalpha1
• Varicellovirus equidalpha3
• Varicellovirus equidalpha4
• Varicellovirus equidalpha6
• Varicellovirus equidalpha8
• Varicellovirus equidalpha9
• Varicellovirus felidalpha1
• Varicellovirus humanalpha3
• Varicellovirus monodontidalpha1
• Varicellovirus phocidalpha1
• Varicellovirus suidalpha1

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As with other alphaherpesviruses, the virus particle has a layered structure: Virions consist of an envelope, a tegument, a nucleocapsid, and a core. Tegument is disordered; they do not display a structure and proteins in variable amounts are arranged sometimes in an asymmetric layer located between envelope and capsid. The viral capsid is contained within a spherical envelope which is 120–200 nm in diameter. Surface projections on envelope (viral receptors) are densely dispersed and contain small spikes that evenly dot the surface.

The capsid/nucleocapsid is round with triangulation number T=16 and exhibits icosahedral symmetry. The capsid is isometric and has a diameter of 100–110 nm. The capsid consists of 162 capsomer proteins with a hexagonal base and a hole running halfway down the long axis. The core consists of a fibrillar spool on which the DNA is wrapped. The end of the fibers are anchored to the underside of the capsid shell.ICTVdB—The Universal Virus Database, version 4. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/1196303 It is a double-stranded enveloped DNA virus

Viral replication is nuclear, and is lysogenic. Entry into the host cell is achieved by attachment of the viral glycoproteins to host receptors, which mediates endocytosis. Replication follows the dsDNA bidirectional replication model. DNA-templated transcription, with some alternative splicing mechanism is the method of transcription. The virus exits the host cell by nuclear egress, and budding.

Humans and mammals serve as the natural host. Only one member of the Varicellovirus genus, Varicella zoster virus (HHV-3) infects Homo sapiens (humans).{{cite journal |vauthors=Davison AJ |title=Evolution of the herpesviruses |journal=Vet. Microbiol. |volume=86 |issue=1–2 |pages=69–88 |year=2002 |pmid=11888691 |doi=10.1016/s0378-1135(01)00492-8}}

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• [http://www.viprbrc.org/brc/home.do?decorator=herpes Virus Pathogen Database and Analysis Resource (ViPR): Herpesviridae]
• [https://viralzone.expasy.org/all_by_species/179.html Viralzone: Varicellovirus]
• [http://ictvonline.org/virusTaxonomy.asp ICTV]

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Category:Virus genera