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82.022.0.01.001. Hepatitis delta virus

Cite this publication as: ICTVdB Management (2006). 82.022.0.01.001. Hepatitis delta virus. In: ICTVdB - The Universal Virus Database, version 3. Büchen-Osmond, C. (Ed), Columbia University, New York, USA

Cite this site as: ICTVdB - The Universal Virus Database, version 3. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ICTVdb/ICTVdB/

Table of Contents

Classification

This is a description of a vertebrate virus at the species level.

ICTVdB Virus Code: 82.022.0.01.001. Virus accession number: 22001001. Obsolete virus code: 22.0.1.0.001; superceded accession number: 22010001.
NCBI Taxon Identifier NCBI Taxonomy ID: 12475.

Name, Synonyms and Lineage

ICTV approved acronym: HDV. Virus is the type of the genus 82.022.0.01. Deltavirus; not assigned to a family.

Virion Properties

Morphology

Virions consist of an envelope and a nucleocapsid. Virus capsid is enveloped (with an envelope that derives from orthohepadnaviruses). Virions are spherical to pleomorphic. Virions measure 36 nm in diameter. Capsid/nucleocapsid is round and exhibits polyhedral symmetry. The core is isometric and has a diameter of 34 nm.

Physicochemical and Physical Properties

Virions have a buoyant density in CsCl of 1.24-1.25 g cm-3.

Nucleic Acid

The genome is not segmented and contains a single molecule of circular, negative-sense, single-stranded RNA. The complete genome is 1700 nucleotides long. The RNA is fully sequenced. Complete sequence is 1679 nucleotides long. Sequenced genome has the accession number(s)
[M21012]; [X04451]; [X60193].

GenBank records for nucleotide sequences; complete genome sequences.

Proteins

The viral genome encodes structural proteins and non-structural proteins.

Lipids

Lipids are absent.

Infection and Replication: RNA has a self cleaving activity.

Biological Properties

Natural Host

Virus infects during its life cycle a single type of vertebrate host.
Domain
Viral hosts belong to the Domain Eucarya.

Domain Eucarya
Kingdom Animalia.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata.

Phylum Vertebrata
Subphylum Vertebrata.

Class Mammalia.

References

The following generic references are cited in the most recent ICTV Report.

PubMed References.



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DELTA - DEscription Language for TAxonomy developed by Dr Mike Dallwitz, Toni Paine and Eric Zurcher, CSIRO Entomology, Canberra, Australia. ICTVdB - The Universal Virus Database, developed for the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses by Dr Cornelia Büchen-Osmond is written in DELTA. The virus descriptions in ICTVdB are coded by, or using data from experts in the field of virology or members ICTV. The character list is the underlying code. All virus descriptions are based on the character list and natural language translations are automatically generated and formatted for display on the Web from the descriptions in DELTA-format. The description has been generated automatically from DELTA files. DELTA - DEscription Language for TAxonomy developed by Dr Mike Dallwitz, Toni Paine and Eric Zurcher, CSIRO Entomology, Canberra, Australia.

ICTVdB - The Universal Virus Database, developed for the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) by Dr Cornelia Büchen-Osmond, is written in DELTA. The virus descriptions in ICTVdB are coded by ICTV members and experts, or by the ICTVdB Management using data provided by the experts, the literature or the latest ICTV Report. The character list is the underlying code. All virus descriptions are based on the character list and natural language translations from the encoded descriptions are automatically generated and formatted for display on the Web.

Developer of the DELTA software: M. J. Dallwitz, T. Paine and E. Zurcher

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