At a glance
| Abbreviation | HEV |
|---|---|
| ICTV species | Paslahepevirus balayani |
| Family | Hepeviridae |
| Baltimore class | IV — (+)ssRNA |
| Human infection | Human infection recorded; pattern not classified |
Also called: camel hepatitis E virus genotype 7a; camel hepatitis E virus genotype 8a; human hepatitis E virus genotype 2a; swine hepatitis E virus genotype 3a; swine hepatitis E virus genotype 4a; wild boar hepatitis E virus genotype 5a; wild boar hepatitis E virus genotype 6a; Orthohepevirus A; Paslahepevirus balayani
Riboviria › Kitrinoviricota › Alsuviricetes › Hepelivirales › Hepeviridae › Paslahepevirus
What it is
Taxonomy copied from ICTV MSL41.v1 / VMR_MSL41.v1.20260729.xlsx. These ranks are not hand-edited; a correction means re-running the fetch against a newer release.
| Realm | Riboviria |
|---|---|
| Kingdom | Orthornavirae |
| Phylum | Kitrinoviricota |
| Class | Alsuviricetes |
| Order | Hepelivirales |
| Family | Hepeviridae |
| Subfamily | Orthohepevirinae |
| Genus | Paslahepevirus |
| ICTV identifier | ICTV19950816 |
| NCBI taxon | 1678143 |
| Exemplar isolate | M73218 |
Host evidence
- human: 7,552 GenBank records
- pig: 927 GenBank records
- rabbit: 53 GenBank records (flagged for review)
- sheep: 3 GenBank records (flagged for review)
Counts of nucleotide records annotated with that host. Evidence of provenance, not a statement of host range.
Where it occurs
Not searched yet. No country-level occurrence data has been curated for this virus. The WHO reported-case data on this site covers a limited set of diseases; a virus outside it gets no map rather than an empty one.
What it does
Not searched yet. Burden, severity and transmissibility figures have not been curated for this virus yet. When they are, each will carry the exact sentence from its source.
Vaccines
Not searched yet. No vaccine for this virus appears in the vaccine pipeline dataset. That dataset tracks candidates and licensed products the site follows; it is not a complete register of every licensed vaccine, so this is not evidence that none exists.
Antivirals
Not searched yet. No US-approved antiviral for this virus was found in the openFDA drug label endpoint. Only US labels were searched, and only drugs the FDA classes as antivirals.
Antibodies and immune globulins
Not searched yet. No US-approved antiviral antibody for this virus was found in the openFDA drug label endpoint.
Approval status is not a treatment recommendation. Dosing and eligibility are on the label and in national guidelines. This page does not give medical advice and does not render dosing. A development stage is not a measure of how well something works.
Related on this site
- Other Hepeviridae viruses
- Veterinary vaccines for this virus — animals, kept separate on purpose