Virus
orthohepadnavirus
Subclass of:
Hepadnaviridae
Definitions related to orthohepadnavirus:
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A genus of HEPADNAVIRIDAE causing HEPATITIS in humans, woodchucks (HEPATITIS B VIRUS, WOODCHUCK) and ground squirrels. Hepatitis B virus is the type species.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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(hepatitis b virus group) DNA virus having complex, double-layered virions 42 nm in diameter; etiologic agent of hepatitis B; associated with the development of hepatocellular carcinomas.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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