Human Herpesvirus   (HHV)

Common name

Genome (bp)

% G+C

GenBank accession #

 pmol/ 100 g

Genome/100 g

HHV-1

Herpes simplex virus 1

HSV-1

152,261

68.3

NC_001806

0.995

5.99 x10¹¹

HHV-2

Herpes simplex virus 2

HSV-2

154,746

69

NC_001798

0.979

5.90 x 10¹¹

HHV-3

Varicella zoster virus

VZV

124,884

46

NC_001348

1.213

7.30 x 10¹¹

HHV-4

Epstein-Barr virus

EBV

171,823

60

NC_007605

0.882

5.31 x 10¹¹

HHV-5

Cytomegalovirus

CMV

230,288

57

NC_001347

(strain AD169)

0.658

3.96 x 10¹¹

HHV-6

Human herpesvirus 6

HHV-6A

159,321

43

NC_001664

 (HHV6A)

0.951

5.73 x 10¹¹

HHV-6B

162,114

43

NC_000898

(HHV6B)

0.935

5.63 x 10¹¹

HHV-7

Human herpesvirus 7

HHV-7

153,080

36

NC_001716

0.990

5.96 x10¹¹

HHV-8

Kaposi's sarcoma herpesvirus

KSHV

137,969

59

NC_009333

1.098

6.61 x 10¹¹