Data ICTV MSL41 & NCBI · 31 October 2026 Methods · Changelog · Corrections

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Hepaciviridae

Taxonomy pass, October 2026

5 Hepaciviridae species with sequence evidence that they infect people, classified from ICTV.

What this page does and does not yet contain. This is the taxonomy pass. Every virus below carries its ICTV classification and the evidence that it infects people. Vaccines, antivirals, antibodies and disease-burden figures have not been searched yet — that is why the last column says so, rather than being blank or saying “none”. An empty cell would claim that nothing exists; this claims only that nobody has looked.

Taxonomy is copied by script from the ICTV Virus Metadata Resource and is never hand-edited. How a virus qualifies for this list, and which viruses are deliberately left out, is on the methods page.

Where this family sits

Ranks above family are shared by every member, copied from ICTV MSL41.v1 / VMR_MSL41.v1.20260729.xlsx.

RealmRiboviria
KingdomOrthornavirae
PhylumKitrinoviricota
ClassFlasuviricetes
OrderAmarillovirales
FamilyHepaciviridae

Genome type in this family: IV — (+)ssRNA.

Members with evidence of human infection

5 of this family’s species qualify for the index. Species with no human sequence evidence, and the commensal families left out altogether, are explained on the methods page.

Hepaciviridae: 5 viruses in the index.
VirusFamilyBaltimore classICTV speciesHuman infectionCountermeasures
GB virus-AGBV-A; SPgV; simian pegivirus; GBV-AHepaciviridaeIV — (+)ssRNAPegivirus platyrrhiniHuman infection recorded; pattern not classifiedNot searched yet
GB virus-BGBV-B; Hepacivirus B; Hepacivirus platyrrhini; Orthohepacivirus platyrrhiniHepaciviridaeIV — (+)ssRNAOrthohepacivirus platyrrhiniHuman infection recorded; pattern not classifiedNot searched yet
Hepatitis C virusHCV1a; HCV1b; HCV2a; HCV2bHepaciviridaeIV — (+)ssRNAOrthohepacivirus hominisHuman infection recorded; pattern not classifiedAntiviral: Approved
Human pegivirus 1 genotype 2HPgV-1; SPgVch; human pegivirus 1 genotype 1; human pegivirus 1 genotype 3HepaciviridaeIV — (+)ssRNAPegivirus hominisHuman infection recorded; pattern not classifiedNot searched yet
Human pegivirus 2HPgV-2; HHPgV; human hepegivirus; Pegivirus HHepaciviridaeIV — (+)ssRNAPegivirus columbiaenseHuman infection recorded; pattern not classifiedNot searched yet

Countermeasures across this family

Vaccines, antivirals and antibodies have not been searched for this family yet. When they are, this section will carry the family-level summary that makes broad-spectrum candidates visible. It is empty because the work is outstanding, not because nothing exists.

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Cite this page. Hepaciviridae. Vaccine Data Navigator, Open Source Medicine Foundation. Built 31 October 2026 from the ICTV Virus Metadata Resource (MSL41) and NCBI Taxonomy/GenBank. https://vaccinedatanavigator.org/virus-navigator/families/hepaciviridae.html

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