ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Hepeviridae 2022

• Published in: Journal of general virology Vol. 103; no. 9
• Main Authors: Purdy, Michael A, Drexler, Jan Felix, Meng, Xiang-Jin, Norder, Heléne, Okamoto, Hiroaki, Van der Poel, Wim H M, Reuter, Gábor, de Souza, William M, Ulrich, Rainer G, Smith, Donald B
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.01.2022
• Subjects: hepatitis E virus; Hepeviridae; ICTV report; Infectious Medicine; Infektionsmedicin; taxonomy
• ISSN: 1465-2099; 1465-2099
• DOI: 10.1099/jgv.0.001778

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 manifestations have been described. Avian hepatitis E virus (genus Avihepevirus) causes hepatitis-splenomegaly syndrome in chickens. This is a summary of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) Report on the family Hepeviridae, which is available at www.ictv.global/report/hepeviridae.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 manifestations have been described. Avian hepatitis E virus (genus Avihepevirus) causes hepatitis-splenomegaly syndrome in chickens. This is a summary of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) Report on the family Hepeviridae, which is available at www.ictv.global/report/hepeviridae.