ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Hepeviridae 2022

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The family Hepeviridae includes enterically transmitted small quasi-enveloped or non-enveloped positive-sense single-stranded RNA viruses infecting mammals and birds (subfamily Orthohepevirinae ) or fish ( Parahepevirinae ). Hepatitis E virus (genus Paslahepevirus ) is responsible for self-limiting acute hepatitis in humans; the infection may become chronic in immunocompromised individuals and extrahepatic...

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