Hepacivirus
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Orthohepacivirus, formerly called Hepacivirus, is a genus of positive-strand RNA viruses in the family Hepaciviridae. The hepatitis C virus (HCV), in species Orthohepacivirus hominis, infects humans and is associated with hepatitis and hepatocellular carcinoma. There are fourteen species in the genus which infect a range of other vertebrate.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomViruses
- PhylumKitrinoviricota
- ClassFlasuviricetes
- OrderAmarillovirales
- FamilyFlaviviridae
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- Instance of
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- Parent taxon
- Flaviviridae
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- Hepacivirus
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- Hepacivirus
- taxonomic type
- Hepatitis C virus
- ICTV virus genome composition
- positive-sense single-stranded RNA virus
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Orthohepacivirus, formerly called Hepacivirus, is a genus of positive-strand RNA viruses in the family Hepaciviridae. The hepatitis C virus (HCV), in species Orthohepacivirus hominis, infects humans and is associated with hepatitis and hepatocellular carcinoma. There are fourteen species in the genus which infect a range of other vertebrate.
==History== Hepatitis C virus (HCV), which is the causative agent of hepatitis C in humans, was discovered in 1989. Eight genotypes (1–8) and eighty-six subtypes (1a, 1b etc.) of hepatitis C virus have been named.
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