Hepatitis B virus

For the disease, see Hepatitis B.

Hepatitis B virus
TEM micrograph showing hepatitis B virus virions (with 100 nm scale bar)
Transmission electron microscopy micrograph showing Hepatitis B virus virions
Virus classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Virus
Realm: Riboviria
Kingdom: Pararnavirae
Phylum: Artverviricota
Class: Revtraviricetes
Order: Blubervirales
Family: Hepadnaviridae
Genus: Orthohepadnavirus
Species:
Hepatitis B virus

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a partially double-stranded DNA virus,[1] a species of the genus Orthohepadnavirus and a member of the Hepadnaviridae family of viruses.[2][3] This virus causes the disease hepatitis B.[4]

  1. ^ Ryu WS (2017). Molecular Virology of Human Pathogenic Viruses. Academic Press. pp. 247–260. ISBN 978-0-12-800838-6.
  2. ^ Hunt R (21 November 2007). "Hepatitis viruses". University of Southern California, Department of Pathology and Microbiology. Retrieved 13 March 2008.
  3. ^ "ICTV Report Hepadnaviridae".
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