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Hepatovirus

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Hepatovirus
[hep′ə-tovi′rus]
the hepatitis A viruses, a genus of Picornaviruses.
Hepatovirus
a genus of single-stranded, plus sense RNA viruses in the family Picornaviridae. It includes human and simian hepatitis A viruses.


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Within the Picornaviridae family, 5 genera are known to cause infections in humans: Enterovirus, Hepatovirus, Rhinovirus, Kobuvirus, and Parechovirus (1).
Human parechovirus infections in Canada by Boivin, Guy / Emerging Infectious Diseases
To nonspecialists, it would then be immediately obvious that Hepatitis A, B, and C viruses are very different entities, belonging to different genera, were their official names Hepatitis A hepatovirus, Hepatitis B orthohepadnavirus, and Hepatitis C hepacivirus.
Emerging issues in virus taxonomy by Mahy, Brian W.J. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
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