Varicellovirus

SYN: varicella-zoster virus.

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Var·i·cel·lo·vi·rus .var-ə-'sel-ə-.vī-rəs n a genus of double-stranded DNA viruses of the family Herpesviridae that include the causative agents of chicken pox, infectious bovine rhinotracheitis, pseudorabies, rhinopneumonitis, and shingles

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Var·i·cel·lo·vi·rus (var″ĭ-selґo-vi″rəs) [varicella + virus] varicella and pseudorabies-like viruses; a genus of viruses of the subfamily Alphaherpesvirinae (family Herpesviridae) that infect mammals, including human herpesvirus 3 and, tentatively, pseudorabies virus, bovine herpesvirus 1, and equid herpesviruses 1 and 4. varicelloviral adj