Article
Proposed update to the taxonomy of the genera Hepacivirus and Pegivirus within the Flaviviridae family.
The Journal of general virology - 1 Nov 2016
Smith Donald B, Becher Paul, Bukh Jens, Gould Ernest A, Meyers Gregor, Monath Thomas, Muerhoff A Scott, Pletnev Alexander, Rico-Hesse Rebecca, Stapleton Jack T, Simmonds Peter
Abstract excerpt
Proposals are described for the assignment of recently reported viruses, infecting rodents, bats and other mammalian species, to new species within the Hepacivirus and Pegivirus genera (family Flaviviridae). Assignments into 14 Hepacivirus species (Hepacivirus A-N) and 11 Pegivirus species (Pegivirus A-K) are based on phylogenetic relationships and sequence distances between conserved regions extracted from...
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