Herpes virus may refer to:
- the herpes simplex virus, in colloquial use, particularly when transmitted sexually
- herpesvirus, in scientific use, a virus of the taxonomic family herpesviridae
Famous quotes containing the word virus:
“If I knew for a certainty that a man was coming to my house with the conscious design of doing me good, I should run for my life ... for fear that I should get some of his good done to me,—some of its virus mingled with my blood.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)