ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Hepeviridae
Purdy, Michael A. and Harrison, Tim J. and Jameel, S. and Meng, X-J. and Okamoto, H. and Van der Poel, W. H. M. and Smith, Donald B. and ICTV Report Consortium,, 98, 2645-2646 (2017),
doi = https://doi.org/10.1099/jgv.0.000940,
publicationName = Microbiology Society,
issn = 0022-1317,
abstract= The family Hepeviridae includes enterically transmitted small non-enveloped positive-sense RNA viruses. It includes the genera Piscihepevirus, whose members infect fish, and Orthohepevirus, whose members infect mammals and birds. Members of the genus Orthohepevirus include hepatitis E virus, which is responsible for self-limiting acute hepatitis in humans and several mammalian species; the infection may become chronic in immunocompromised individuals. Extrahepatic manifestations of Guillain–Barré syndrome, neuralgic amyotrophy, glomerulonephritis and pancreatitis have been described in humans. Avian hepatitis E virus causes hepatitis–splenomegaly syndrome in chickens. This is a summary of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) Report on the taxonomy of the Hepeviridae, which is available at www.ictv.global/report/hepeviridae. ,
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