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Originally posted by goBigtime
Theres actually about 8.
Anyone who had chickenpox or mononucleosis (mono) technically has members of the herpesvirus living in them....
Human herpesvirus 1: herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) (oral)
Human herpesvirus 2: herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) (genital)
Human herpesvirus 3: cytomegalovirus (CMV)
Human herpesvirus 4: varicella-zoster virus (VZV) (chickenpox, shingles)
Human herpesvirus 5: Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) (infectious mononucleosis)
Human herpesvirus 6: (HHV-6) (roseola)
Human herpesvirus 7: (HHV-7) (roseola)
Human herpesvirus 8: (HHV-8) (Kaposi sarcoma)
There ya go 
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Hmm...learn something new every day. Mono is herpes. Who would have thunk it? I am 44 and I have never in my life heard mono referred to as a type of herpes.