Genus of viruses
Schematic drawing of a Pegivirus virion (cross section and side view)
Pegivirus is the approved name for a genus of single positive-stranded RNA viruses in the family Flaviviridae .[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] The name is a derived one: "Pe" stands for "persistent" and "g" is a reference to Hepatitis G , a former name of the C species.
Pegivirus genome
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