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paramyxoviridae
RNA viruses including:
1) rubeola (measles virus)
2) mumps virus
3) parainfluenza virus
4) respiratory syncytial virus
5) SSPE virus
6) Newcastle disease virus
Specific
Henipavirus
measles virus (rubeola)
mumps virus
Newcastle disease virus
parainfluenza virus
respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)
General
mononegavirales
Properties
KINGDOM: virus
GENOME-TYPE: RNA
SINGLE-STRANDED
NEGATIVE-STRAND
GENOME-SIZE: 16-20 kB
ENVELOPE: PRESENT
CAPSID-SYMMETRY: HELICAL
References
Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 13th ed.
Isselbacher et al (eds), McGraw-Hill Inc. NY,
1994, pg 769