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Paramyxoviridae
| Paramyxoviridae | |
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| Canine distemper virus (CDV) virion and genome organization | |
Virus classification 
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| (unranked): | Virus |
| Realm: | Riboviria |
| Kingdom: | Orthornavirae |
| Phylum: | Negarnaviricota |
| Class: | Monjiviricetes |
| Order: | Mononegavirales |
| Family: | Paramyxoviridae |
| Subfamilies | |
Paramyxoviridae (from Greek para- “by the side of” and myxa “mucus”) is a family of negative-strand RNA viruses in the order Mononegavirales.[1][2] Vertebrates serve as natural hosts.[3] Diseases associated with this family include measles, mumps, and respiratory tract infections.[4] The family has four subfamilies, 17 genera, three of which are unassigned to a subfamily, and 78 species.[5]
- ^ "Viral Zone". ExPASy. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
- ^ "Paramyxoviridae - Paramyxoviridae - Negative-sense RNA Viruses - ICTV". talk.ictvonline.org. Retrieved 2020-12-14.
- ^ Fields, Bernard N.; Knipe, David Mahan; Howley, Peter M., eds. (2013). Fields Virology (6th ed.). Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 883. ISBN 9781451105636. OCLC 825740706.
- ^ Samal, SK, ed. (2011). The Biology of Paramyxoviruses. Caister Academic Press. ISBN 978-1-904455-85-1.
- ^ "Virus Taxonomy: 2020 Release". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). March 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
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