Taxon Details

History of the taxon:

Etymology of the name:

Taxon: Hepadnaviridae Proposal: Ratification_1990.pdf ICTV Report: Hepadnaviridae Reference: PMID: 4113490

from the Greek hepar, meaning “liver” and DNA for deoxyribonucleic acid, referring to the infection of liver tissues and the deoxyribonucleic acid genome of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses

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