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Orthohepadnavirus

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Orthohepadnavirus /Or·tho·hep·ad·na·vi·rus/ (or″tho-hep-ad´nah-vi″rus) [ortho- + hepadnavirus] hepatitis B viruses that infect mammals; a genus of the family Hepadnaviridae that includes hepatitis B virus.
Orthohepadnavirus
[or′thohepad′nahvi′rus]
a genus of hepadnaviruses that includes the hepatitis B virus infecting humans.

Orthohepadnavirus [or″tho-hep-ad´nah-vi″rus]
a genus of hepadnaviruses that includes the hepatitis B virus infecting humans.

Orthohepadnavirus
a genus in the family Hepadnaviridae. It includes mammalian hepatitis B-like viruses.


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The hepatitis B virus is a DNA virus that belongs to the genus Orthohepadnavirus of the Hepadnaviridae family.
Mechanism of HBV Mutant Generation HBV belongs te the genus Orthohepadnavirus, family Hepadnaviridae.
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.
 
 
 
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