Department of Pediatrics, USF Morsani College of Medicine, 4202 East Fowler Avenue, SHS 100, Tampa, FL 33620, USA.
Department of Pediatrics, USF Morsani College of Medicine, 4202 East Fowler Avenue, SHS 100, Tampa, FL 33620, USA.
Adv Pediatr. 2022 Aug;69(1):149-162. doi: 10.1016/j.yapd.2022.03.010. Epub 2022 Jun 21.
The herpes virus was named by the Greek physician Hippocrates who called it herpes because the lesions appeared near each other and were vesicular. Alphaherpesvirinae, Betaherpesvirinae, and Gammaherpesvirinae are subfamilies of the human herpes virus family. The Alphaherpesvirinae subfamily includes the simplex viruses-HSV-1 and HSV-2-and varicellovirus-varicella zoster virus. There are more than 200 members of the Herpesviridae family capable of infecting different species, 8 of which are known to cause disease in humans. The simplex viruses can cause lifelong genital infections, and despite the prevalence of HSV-1 and HSV-2 infections in the United States decreasing in the past 20 years, infections with these viruses continue to contribute to significant clinical and psychological morbidities.
疱疹病毒由希腊医生希波克拉底命名，因其病变彼此靠近且呈水疱状而得名。α疱疹病毒亚科、β疱疹病毒亚科和γ疱疹病毒亚科是人类疱疹病毒科的亚科。α疱疹病毒亚科包括单纯疱疹病毒 - HSV-1 和 HSV-2 - 和水痘带状疱疹病毒。疱疹病毒科有 200 多种成员能够感染不同的物种，其中 8 种已知会导致人类患病。单纯疱疹病毒可引起终身生殖器感染，尽管过去 20 年来美国 HSV-1 和 HSV-2 感染的流行率有所下降，但这些病毒的感染仍会导致严重的临床和心理病态。
