Hepatitis C virus:A single-strandedRNA virusintheFlaviviridaefamilythat causeshepatitis C. Abbreviated HCV. TheHCVgenomecontains some 10,000 nucleotides and encodes a single polyprotein of 3,000amino acids. HCV was discovered in 1989. Before that time,hepatitis Cwas referred to as non-A, non-B hepatitis.
