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. 2015 May;96(Pt 5):1191–1192. doi: 10.1099/vir.0.000115

Consensus proposals for classification of the family Hepeviridae

Donald B Smith, Peter Simmonds; members of the International Committee on the Taxonomy of Viruses Hepeviridae Study Group, Shahid Jameel, Suzanne U Emerson, Tim J Harrison, Xiang-Jin Meng, Hiroaki Okamoto, Wim H M Van der Poel, Michael A Purdy
PMCID: PMC7346599  PMID: 26015322

This table was originally published with the reference accession number for Orthohepevirus A genotype HEV-2 assigned correctly to HEV-2 but also incorrectly to HEV-3. The correct reference accession number for HEV-3 is AF082843.

doi:10.1099/vir.0.068429-0

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Table 1.

Proposed classification of the family Hepeviridae

Family Genus Species Prototype isolate GenBank accession Predominant host species Genotype Reference strain Reference accession
Hepeviridae Burma M73218 Human
Orthohepevirus Burma M73218 Human
Orthohepevirus A Burma M73218 Human HEV-1 Burma M73218
Human HEV-2 Mexico M74506
Human, pig, rabbit, deer, mongoose HEV-3 Meng AF082843
Human, pig HEV-4 T1 AJ272108
Wild boar HEV-5 JBOAR135-Shiz09 AB573435
Wild boar HEV-6 wbJOY_06 AB602441
Camel HEV-7 DcHEV-178C KJ496143
Orthohepevirus B F93-5077 AY535004 Chicken
Orthohepevirus C R63 GU345042 Rat HEV-C1 R63 GU345042
Ferret HEV-C2 FRHEV4 JN998606
Orthohepevirus D BatHEV/BS7/GE/2009 JQ001749 Bat
Piscihepevirus Heenan Lake HQ731075 Trout
Piscihepevirus A Heenan Lake HQ731075 Trout

Footnotes

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