Hepadnaviruses (Hepadnaviridae) is a Browse By group of the Nature Atlas that gathers the viruses of the family Hepadnaviridae, small enveloped DNA viruses that infect the liver cells of mammals and birds, such as Hepatitis B virus, a partially double-stranded DNA virus of the genus Orthohepadnavirus that is the cause of the disease hepatitis B. An entry belongs here when its own cited article places the virus in the family Hepadnaviridae. It excludes the herpesviruses, which are larger DNA viruses with a group of their own, and it excludes the RNA viruses. The group lets a reader compare a virus that attacks the liver with the other human disease viruses of this subcategory.
Hepadnaviruses (Hepadnaviridae)
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Hepatitis B virus (Wikipedia)
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a member of the Hepadnaviridae family of viruses
Hepadnaviridae (Wikipedia)
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Hepadnaviridae is a family of viruses.
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It is the sole accepted family in the order Blubervirales.
View the SourceOrthohepadnavirus (Wikipedia)
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Orthohepadnavirus is a genus of viruses, in the family Hepadnaviridae.
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