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what virus family is hep c
by cruelworld, May 03, 2007 12:00AM
i just read about somethng called canine hepatitis (yes, dogs get it), and it said it was one of the virus family, adenovirus.
what is hep c family called?
of all the hepatitis family group, do any of them attack systems or organs other than the liver?
do the hep b people have their own set of extrahepatic manifestations?
what about the particular liver attack methods for each different type, hep a b and c?
i figured, since animals have been eating each other for so long, and getting bleeding wounds from fighting it would facilitate a lot of transmission. i had guessed wrongly that "animal versions" of hepatitis would be more common in the animal kingdom. all i found was the dog version. it may be hard to know the answer considering testing many animals in the wild would be impracticle. would it be discovered by seeing bad livers in carcasses? i realize now that the zoo veterinarians would know as much as is known about the common wild animals maladies. any experts out there?
hope ive helped yall to forget your side effects for a few minutes. go forth holy crusaders.
what is hep c family called?
of all the hepatitis family group, do any of them attack systems or organs other than the liver?
do the hep b people have their own set of extrahepatic manifestations?
what about the particular liver attack methods for each different type, hep a b and c?
i figured, since animals have been eating each other for so long, and getting bleeding wounds from fighting it would facilitate a lot of transmission. i had guessed wrongly that "animal versions" of hepatitis would be more common in the animal kingdom. all i found was the dog version. it may be hard to know the answer considering testing many animals in the wild would be impracticle. would it be discovered by seeing bad livers in carcasses? i realize now that the zoo veterinarians would know as much as is known about the common wild animals maladies. any experts out there?
hope ive helped yall to forget your side effects for a few minutes. go forth holy crusaders.
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The Flaviviridae are a family of viruses that are primarily spread through arthropod vectors (mainly ticks and mosquitoes). They include the following genera:
Genus Flavivirus (type species Yellow fever virus, others include West Nile virus and Dengue Fever)—contains 67 identified human and animal viruses
Genus Hepacivirus (type species Hepatitis C virus, the single member)
Genus Pestivirus (type species Bovine virus diarrhea, others include classical swine fever or hog cholera)—contains viruses infecting non-human mammals
Flaviviridae have monopartite, linear, single-stranded RNA genomes of positive polarity, 9.6- to 12.3-kilobase in length. The 5'-termini of flaviviruses carry a methylated nucleotide cap, while other members of this family are uncapped and encode an internal ribosome entry site. Virus particles are enveloped and spherical, about 40-60 nm in diameter.
Major diseases caused by the Flaviviridae family include:
Dengue fever
Japanese encephalitis
Kyasanur Forest disease
Murray Valley encephalitis
St. Louis encephalitis
Tick-borne encephalitis
West Nile encephalitis
Yellow fever
Hepatitis C Virus Infection