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Viruses > RNA Viruses > Positive-Strand RNA Viruses > Picornaviridae > Hepatovirus
Viruses > Hepatitis Viruses > Hepatovirus

Preferred term

Hepatovirus  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Hepatitis Viruses, Infectious
  • Hepatitis Virus, Infectious
  • Infectious Hepatitis Virus
  • Infectious Hepatitis Viruses

Note

  • a genus of the family Picornaviridae; infection = HEPATITIS A

Scope note

  • A genus of PICORNAVIRIDAE causing infectious hepatitis naturally in humans and experimentally in other primates. It is transmitted through fecal contamination of food or water. HEPATITIS A VIRUS is the type species.

History note

  • 94; was HEPATITIS A VIRUS 1977-93; was HEPATITIS VIRUS, INFECTIOUS 1966-76

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D006507

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