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.
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | 001778 |
Journal | Journal of General Virology |
Volume | 103 |
Issue number | 9 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2022 |
Keywords
- Hepeviridae
- ICTV report
- hepatitis E virus
- taxonomy
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Virology