Deltavirus

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Deltavirus

[del′təvī′rəs]

Etymology: hepatitis delta + virus

a genus of satellite viruses that require a helper hepatitis B virus for their replication. An individual consists of spherical virion 35-37 nm in diameter with an envelope derived from the helper virus surrounding a spherical core 18 nm in diameter; the genome consists of a single molecule of single-stranded, negative-sense, circular RNA (size 1.7 kb). It contains a single species, hepatitis D virus. See also hepatitis D.

Deltavirus [del´tah-vi″rus]

a genus of satellite viruses that require helper hepatitis B viruses for their replication. It contains a single species, hepatitis D virus.

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