Hepatitis C virus
| Hepatitis C virus | |
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| Electron micrograph of Hepatitis C virus purified from cell culture. Scale bar = 50 nanometres | |
| Virus classification | |
| (unranked): | Virus |
| Realm: | Riboviria |
| Kingdom: | Orthornavirae |
| Phylum: | Kitrinoviricota |
| Class: | Flasuviricetes |
| Order: | Amarillovirales |
| Family: | Flaviviridae |
| Genus: | Hepacivirus |
| Species: | Hepacivirus hominis
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| Synonyms[1][2] | |
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The hepatitis C virus (HCV)[3] is a small (55–65 nm in size), enveloped, positive-sense single-stranded RNA virus of the family Flaviviridae. The hepatitis C virus is the cause of hepatitis C and some cancers such as liver cancer (hepatocellular carcinoma, abbreviated HCC) and lymphomas in humans.[4][5]
- ^ "Hepacivirus C". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- ^ Smith, Donald B.; et al. (23 June 2016). "Create 13 new species in the genus Hepacivirusand rename 1 species (family Flaviviridae)" (PDF). International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). Retrieved 13 March 2019.
- ^ "Genus: Hepacivirus". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses. July 2018. Archived from the original on February 19, 2020.
- ^ Ferri, Clodoveo (2015). "HCV syndrome: A constellation of organ- and non-organ specific autoimmune disorders, B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, and cancer". World Journal of Hepatology. 7 (3): 327–43. doi:10.4254/wjh.v7.i3.327. ISSN 1948-5182. PMC 4381161. PMID 25848462.
- ^ Rusyn I, Lemon SM (2014). "Mechanisms of HCV-induced liver cancer: what did we learn from in vitro and animal studies?". Cancer Lett. 345 (2): 210–5. doi:10.1016/j.canlet.2013.06.028. PMC 3844040. PMID 23871966.