HHV 1- Herpes simplex virus type 1
HHV 2 – Herpes simplex virus type 2
HHV 3- Varicella Zoster virus
HHV 4 -Epstein Barr virus
HHV 5 – Cytomegalo virus
HHV 6- Human B cell lymphotropic virus
HHV 7 -RK virus
HHV 8 -Kaposi virus
Diseases associated with Herpes virus family.
HSV 1 – Usually causes lesions in and around mouth,Most common cause of sporadic encephalitis
HSV 2- Cause lesions in genital area, cause meningitis
HHV 6 causes Exanthem subitum/Roseola infantum also known as sixth disease.
HHV 8 is associated with Kaposi sarcoma and multicentric Castleman disease.
Also see diseases named first disease to sixth disease under exanthematous diseases..
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