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Paramyxoviridae

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Paramyxoviridae [‚par·ə‚mik·sə′vir·ə‚dī]
(virology)
A family of negative-strand ribonucleic acid (RNA) viruses characterized by an enveloped spherical virion containing a single-stranded, nonfragmented molecule of RNA, contains the generaParamyxovirus(sendai, mumps),Morbillivirus(measles), andPneumovirus(respiratory syncytial virus).
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The etiologic agent, Nipah virus (NiV; family Paramyxoviridae, genus Henipavirus), is believed to have entered pig populations in Perak state, central Malaysia, from a fruit-bat reservoir (2) before spreading by transport of pigs among farms.
Nipah virus infection in dogs, Malaysia, 1999 by Mills, James N.; Alim, Asiah N.M.; Bunning, Michel L.; Lee, Ong Bee; Wagoner, Kent D.; Amman, Brian / Emerging Infectious Diseases
ViroNovative BV (Rotterdam, Netherlands) and MedImmune, LLC (Gaithersburg, MD) have patented an isolated mammalian negative strand RNA virus, metapneumovirus (MPV), within the sub-family Pneumoviridae, of the family Paramyxoviridae.
ViroNovative obtains United States patent by BIOTECH Patent News
Flying foxes, horses and humans: a zoonosis caused by a new member of the Paramyxoviridae.
The nature of emerging zoonotic diseases: ecology, prediction, and ... by Newman, Scott H.; Epstein, Jonathan H.; Schloegel, Lisa M. / Medical Laboratory Observer
 
 
 
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