Problems concerning the taxonomy of the 'Movar-type' bovine herpesviruses.
The inconsistency in naming and labeling bovine herpesviruses (BHVs), other than BHV types 1 and 2 (BHV-1 and BHV-2), found in the literature is reviewed. To resolve the confusion and misunderstanding caused by the use of BHV-3, BHV-4 and BHV-5 for the same kind of BHVs, the most used label BHV-4 is proposed for designating Movar-type BHVs (which also were named 'orphan viruses' or 'cytomegaloviruses').
Bartha
A
A
Veterinary Medical Research Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest.
Fadol
A M
AM
Liebermann
H
H
Ludwig
H
H
Mohanty
S B
SB
Osorio
F A
FA
Reed
D E
DE
Storz
J
J
Straub
O C
OC
Van der Maaten
M J
MJ
D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D003587:Cytomegalovirus / Q000145:classification; D006564:Herpesviridae / Q000145:classification*; D009626:Terminology as Topic