Viral Hepatitis - Other Viruses

Other Viruses

The first virus capable of causing hepatitis was the yellow fever virus a mosquito borne flavivirus. Other viruses than can cause hepatitis include:

• • Adenoviruses
  • Arenaviruses: Guanarito virus, Junín virus, Lassa fever virus, Machupo virus and Sabiá virus
  • Bunyaviruses: Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus, Dobrava virus, Hantaan virus, Puumala virus, Rift Valley fever virus and Seoul virus
  • Coronavirus: Severe acute respiratory syndrome virus
  • Erythrovirus: Parvovirus B19
  • Filoviruses: Ebola virus and Marburg virus
  • Flaviviruses: Dengue, Lujo virus, Kyasanur Forest disease virus, Omsk hemorrhagic fever virus and Yellow fever virus
  • Herpesviruses: Cytomegalovirus,Epstein-Barr virus, Varicella-zoster virus, Human herpesvirus 6, Human herpesvirus 7 and Human herpesvirus 8
  • Orthomyxoviruses: Influenza
  • Picornaviruses: Echovirus
  • Reovirus: Colorado tick fever virus, Reovirus 3

KIs-V is a virus islated in 2011 from four patients with raised serum alanine transferases without other known cause. A causal role is suspected.