ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Hepeviridae 2022
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin · +12 more institutions
Abstract
The family Hepeviridae includes enterically transmitted small quasi-enveloped or non-enveloped positive-sense single-stranded RNA viruses infecting mammals and birds (subfamily Orthohepevirinae ) or fish ( Parahepevirinae ). Hepatitis E virus (genus Paslahepevirus ) is responsible for self-limiting acute hepatitis in humans; the infection may become chronic in immunocompromised individuals and extrahepatic manifestations have been described. Avian hepatitis E virus (genus Avihepevirus ) causes hepatitis–splenomegaly syndrome in chickens. This is a summary of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) Report on the family Hepeviridae , which is available at www.ictv.global/report/hepeviridae .
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 37.22
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- 100%
- References
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Authors
10- MAMichael A. PurdyCorresponding
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- JFJan Felix Drexler
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
- XMXiang‐Jin Meng
Virginia Tech
- HNHeléne Norder
Sahlgrenska University Hospital, University of Gothenburg
- HOHiroaki Okamoto
Jichi Medical University
Topics & keywords
- Biology
- Virology
- Subfamily
- Virus classification
- Taxonomy (biology)
- Limiting
- Virus
- Acute hepatitis