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Review
. 1983;20(1):1-7.
doi: 10.1159/000149367.

Taxonomic classification of hepatitis A virus

I D Gust, A G Coulepis, S M Feinstone, S A Locarnini, Y Moritsugu, R Najera, G Siegl
Review

Taxonomic classification of hepatitis A virus

I D Gust et al. Intervirology. 1983.

Abstract

Sufficient data have accumulated to permit the ICTV Ad Hoc Study Group on the Taxonomy of Hepatitis Viruses to recognize hepatitis A virus as a picornavirus. Within the family Picornaviridae, hepatitis A virus closely resembles members of the genus Enterovirus.

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