Avihepadnavirus, is the second genus

Genus

In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 of the Hepadnaviridae

Hepadnaviridae

Hepadnaviruses are a family of viruses which can cause liver infections in humans and animals. There are two recognized genera:*Genus Orthohepadnavirus; type species: Hepatitis B virus...

 family, the first genus being the Orthohepadnavirus

Orthohepadnavirus

Orthohepadnavirus is a genus of viruses belonging to the family Hepadnaviridae.- External links :* *...

es. The Avihepadnaviruses consist of viruses which exclusively infect birds. The type species of this genus is the duck hepatitis B virus

Duck hepatitis B virus

Duck Hepatitis B virus, abbreviated DHBV, is part of the Avihepadnavirus genus of the Hepadnaviridae, and is the causal agent of duck hepatitis B....

(DHBV). Other species within the genus include heron hepatitis B virus (HHBV), snow goose hepatitis B virus (SGHBV), Ross Goose hepatitis B virus (RGHBV) and stork hepatitis B virus (SHBV).

External links

Jilbert AR, Kotlarski I.
Immune responses to duck hepatitis B virus infection.
Dev Comp Immunol. 2000 Mar-Apr;24(2-3):285-302. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=10717294&query_hl=1&itool=pubmed_DocSum

• Viralzone: Avihepadnavirus