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Hepeviridae
Hepeviridae is a family of viruses. Human, pig, wild boar, monkey, some rodents, and chicken serve as natural hosts. There are five species in this family, divided between two genera. Diseases associated with this family include: hepatitis; high mortality rate during pregnancy; and avian hepatitis E virus is the cause of hepatitis-splenomegaly (HS) syndrome among chickens.Orthohepevirus used to be known as Hepevirus. The virus that causes Hepatitis E belongs to the Orthohepevirus genus.