Pegivirus

Pegivirus
Virus classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Virus
Realm: Riboviria
Kingdom: Orthornavirae
Phylum: Kitrinoviricota
Class: Flasuviricetes
Order: Amarillovirales
Family: Flaviviridae
Genus: Pegivirus
Species

Pegivirus A
Pegivirus B
Pegivirus C
Pegivirus D
Pegivirus E
Pegivirus F
Pegivirus G
Pegivirus H
Pegivirus I
Pegivirus J
Pegivirus K

Schematic drawing of a Pegivirus virion (cross section and side view)

Pegivirus is the approved name for a genus of single positive-stranded RNA viruses in the family Flaviviridae.[1][2][3][4] The name is a derived one: "Pe" stands for "persistent" and "g" is a reference to Hepatitis G, a former name of the C species.

Pegivirus genome
  1. ^ Simmonds, Peter; Becher, Paul; Bukh, Jens; Gould, Ernest A; Meyers, Gregor; Monath, Tom; Muerhoff, Scott; Pletnev, Alexander; Rico-Hesse, Rebecca; Smith, Donald B; Stapleton, Jack T; Ictv Report, Consortium (2017). "ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Flaviviridae". Journal of General Virology. 98 (1): 2–3. doi:10.1099/jgv.0.000672. PMC 5370391. PMID 28218572.
  2. ^ "ICTV Report Flaviviridae".
  3. ^ Stapleton, J. T; Foung, S; Muerhoff, A. S; Bukh, J; Simmonds, P (2010). "The GB viruses: A review and proposed classification of GBV-A, GBV-C (HGV), and GBV-D in genus Pegivirus within the family Flaviviridae". Journal of General Virology. 92 (2): 233–46. doi:10.1099/vir.0.027490-0. PMC 3081076. PMID 21084497.
  4. ^ Adams, M. J; Lefkowitz, E. J; King, A. M. Q; Carstens, E. B (2013). "Recently agreed changes to the International Code of Virus Classification and Nomenclature". Archives of Virology. 158 (12): 2633–9. doi:10.1007/s00705-013-1749-9. PMID 23836393.