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. 2025 May 22;22:155. doi: 10.1186/s12985-025-02779-7

Table 2.

Summary table of viruses of the subfamily Betaherpervirinae

Scientific name Common name Abbv Acc. Number (ICTV) Reference Acc. Number Host Complete genomes Sequencing technology for ref. genome
Cytomegalovirus aotinebeta1 Aotine betaherpesvirus 1 MCMV FJ483970 Unpublished Primate 1 not published
cebinebeta1 Cebine herpesvirus 1 CMCMV JQ264772 Unpublished Primate 0 -
cercopithecinebeta5 Cercopithecine betaherpesvirus 5 SCMV FJ483968 Unpublished Primate 3 not published
humanbeta5 Human cytomegalovirus HCMV AY446894 [87] Human 345 Sanger
macacinebeta3 Rhesus cytomegalovirus RhCMV AY186194 [88] Primate 30 Sanger
macacinebeta8 Macaque cytomegalovirus McBHV8 JN227533 [89] Primate 7 Illumina
mandrillinbeta1 Mandrillus leucophaeus cytomegalovirus MdBHV1 KR297253 [90] Primate 1 454
paninebeta2 Panine betaherpesvirus 2 CCMV AF480884 [91] Primate 1 Sanger
papiinebeta3 Olive baboon cytomegalovirus BCMV AC090446 Unpublished Primate 0 -
papiinebeta4 Chacma baboon cytomegalovirus PaBHV4 KR351281 [90] Primate 1 454
saimiriinebeta4 Saimiriine betaherpesvirus 4 SMCMV FJ483967 Unpublished Primate 1 not published
Muromegalovirus muridbeta1 Murine cytomegalovirus MCMV GU305914 [92] Mice 15 Sanger
muridbeta2 Rat cytomegalovirus strain Maastricht RCMV AF232689 [93] Rat 1 Sanger
muridbeta8 Rat cytomegalovirus strain England RCMVE JX867617 [94] Rat 3 454, Sanger
Quwivirus caviidbeta2 Guinea pig cytomegalovirus GPCMV KC503762 [95] Rodent 2 Illumina
miniopteridbeta1 Miniopterus schreibersii herpesvirus MsHV JQ805139 [96] Bat 1 454
tupaiidbeta1 Tupaiid betaherpesvirus 1 THV AF281817 [97] Shrew 1 Sanger
Roseolovirus humanbeta7 Human herpesvirus 7 HHV7 AF037218 [98] Human 2 Sanger
humanbeta6a Human herpesvirus 6A HHV6A X83413 [99] Human 4 Sanger
humanbeta6b Human herpesvirus 6B HHV6B AF157706 [100] Human 3 Sanger
macacinebeta9 Macaca nemestrina herpesvirus 7 MneHV7 KU351741 [101] Primate 1 Illumina
muridbeta3 Mouse thymic virus MTV KY355735 [102] Mice 2 Illumina, PacBio, Sanger
suidbeta2 Porcine cytomegalovirus PCMV KF017583 Unpublished Swine 1 Illumina
Proboscivirus elephantidbeta1 Elephantid endotheliotropic herpesvirus 1 EEHV1 KC462165 [103] Elephant 5 Illumina
elephantidbeta3 Elephantid endotheliotropic herpesvirus 3 EEHV3 MN373268 [104] Elephant 0 -
elephantidbeta4 Elephantid endotheliotropic herpesvirus 4 EEHV4 KT832477 [105] Elephant 1 Sanger, Illumina
elephantidbeta5 Elephantid endotheliotropic herpesvirus 5 EEHV5 KF921519 [103] Elephant 2 Illumina

This table contains the scientific and common names, abbreviations, accession numbers from ICTV, related articles, hosts, number of complete genomes available on NCBI and the sequencing technology used for the reference genome (according to the accession number and related articles) of viruses of the Betaherpesvirinae subfamily