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:
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- 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.
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