Editing Cytomegalovirus (section)

== Taxonomy ==
Within the ''[[Herpesviridae]]'', CMV belongs to the ''[[Betaherpesvirinae]]'' subfamily, which also includes the genera ''[[Muromegalovirus]]'' and ''[[Roseolovirus]]'' ([[human herpesvirus 6]] and [[human herpesvirus 7]]).<ref name="isbn0-521-82714-0">{{cite book | vauthors = Koichi Y, Arvin AM, Campadelli-Fiume G, Mocarski E, Patrick M, Roizman B, Whitley R |title=Human Herpesviruses: Biology, Therapy, and Immunoprophylaxis |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge, UK |year=2007 |isbn=978-0-521-82714-0 }}</ref> It is also related to other herpesviruses within the ''[[Alphaherpesvirinae]]'' subfamily, which includes [[herpes simplex virus]]es 1 and 2 and [[varicella-zoster virus]], and the ''[[Gammaherpesvirinae]]'' subfamily, which includes [[Epstein–Barr virus]] and [[Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus]].<ref name="Sherris" />

Several species of ''Cytomegalovirus'' have been identified and classified for different [[mammal]]s.<ref name="isbn0-521-82714-0"/> The most studied is ''Human cytomegalovirus'' (HCMV), which is also known as ''Human betaherpesvirus 5'' (HHV-5). Other primate CMV species include ''Chimpanzee cytomegalovirus'' (CCMV) that infects [[Common chimpanzee|chimpanzee]]s and [[orangutan]]s, and ''Simian cytomegalovirus'' (SCCMV) and ''Rhesus cytomegalovirus'' (RhCMV) that infect [[macaque]]s; CCMV is known as both ''Panine beta herpesvirus 2'' (PaHV-2) and ''Pongine betaherpesvirus 4'' (PoHV-4).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/188763|title=Panine betaherpesvirus 2 (Chimpanzee cytomegalovirus)|website=www.uniprot.org|access-date=13 March 2019}}</ref> SCCMV is called ''cercopithecine betaherpesvirus 5'' (CeHV-5)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/50292|title=Simian cytomegalovirus (strain Colburn)|website=www.uniprot.org|access-date=13 March 2019}}</ref> and RhCMV, ''Cercopithecine betaherpesvirus 8'' (CeHV-8).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/47929|title=Macacine betaherpesvirus 3 (Rhesus cytomegalovirus)|website=www.uniprot.org|access-date=13 March 2019}}</ref> A further two viruses found in the [[night monkey]] are tentatively placed in the genus ''Cytomegalovirus'', and are called ''Herpesvirus aotus 1'' and ''Herpesvirus aotus 3''. Rodents also have viruses previously called cytomegaloviruses that are now reclassified under the genus ''[[Muromegalovirus]]''; this genus contains ''Mouse cytomegalovirus'' (MCMV) is also known as ''Murid betaherpesvirus 1'' (MuHV-1) and the closely related ''Murid betaherpesvirus 2'' (MuHV-2) that is found in [[rat]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NC_004065.1|title=Murid herpesvirus 1, complete genome|date=13 August 2018|access-date=13 March 2019|via=NCBI Nucleotide}}</ref>

=== Species ===
The following 11 species are assigned to the genus in ICTV 2022:<ref name=ICTV />
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* ''[[Aotine betaherpesvirus 1|Cytomegalovirus aotinebeta1]]''
* ''[[Cebine betaherpesvirus 1|Cytomegalovirus cebinebeta1]]''
* ''[[Cercopithecine betaherpesvirus 5|Cytomegalovirus cercopithecinebeta5]]''
* ''[[Human betaherpesvirus 5|Cytomegalovirus humanbeta5]]''
* ''[[Macacine betaherpesvirus 3|Cytomegalovirus macacinebeta3]]''
* ''[[Macacine betaherpesvirus 8|Cytomegalovirus macacinebeta8]]''
* ''[[Mandrilline betaherpesvirus 1|Cytomegalovirus mandrillinebeta1]]''
* ''[[Panine betaherpesvirus 2|Cytomegalovirus paninebeta2]]''
* ''[[Papiine betaherpesvirus 3|Cytomegalovirus papiinebeta3]]''
* ''[[Papiine betaherpesvirus 4|Cytomegalovirus papiinebeta4]]''
* ''[[Saimiriine betaherpesvirus 4|Cytomegalovirus saimiriinebeta4]]''
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