Virus
hepatovirus
Subclass of:
Family Picornaviridae; Hepatitis Viruses
Definitions related to hepatovirus:
  • 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.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • RNA virus having virions 27-29 nm in diameter and a single stranded genome; causes short incubation hepatitis (hepatitis A); usually caused by water or food + borne infection.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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