Canadian Medical Guide > Organisms > Viruses > Hepatitis Viruses > Hepatovirus Terms and Definitions
Hepatovirus
Medical Definition: | 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. |
Guide Notes: | a genus of the family Picornaviridae; infection = HEPATITIS A |
Hepatitis A virus - A species in the genus HEPATOVIRUS containing one serotype and two strains: HEPATITIS A, HUMAN and Simian hepatitis A virus. |
Hepatovirus Medical Definitions and Terms
|
Wildlife On Video »
Canada's Great Outdoors
Tour Canadian Rockies »
Book Banff »
Book Jasper »
Maligne Lake Boat Cruise »
Gondola Banff »
Hike Jasper »
Jasper Columbia Icefield »