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Paramyxoviridae

Index Paramyxoviridae

Paramyxoviridae is a family of viruses in the order Mononegavirales. [1]

62 relations: Antigenic drift, Antigenic shift, Aquaparamyxovirus, Asia, Australia, Avulavirus, Bird, Blue eye disease, Bronchiolitis, Bronchitis, Caister Academic Press, Canine distemper, Cattle, Cetacean morbillivirus, Contagious disease, Croup, Dog, Dolphin, Ferlavirus, Gene, Genome, Glycoprotein, Hemagglutination, Hemagglutinin, Hemagglutinin-neuraminidase, Henipavirus, Human parainfluenza viruses, Human respiratory syncytial virus, International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses, Measles, Measles virus, Mononegavirales, Morbillivirus, Mumps, Mumps virus, Neuraminidase, Newcastle disease, Nucleotide, Orthopneumovirus, Ovine rinderpest, Phocine distemper virus, Pinniped, Pneumonia, Pneumoviridae, Porpoise, Reassortment, Respirovirus, Ribosome shunting, Rinderpest, RNA virus, ..., RNA-dependent RNA polymerase, Rubulavirus, Rule of six (viruses), Sendai virus, Transcription (biology), Vaccine, Veterinary virology, Viral entry, Virology, Virulence, Virus, Zoonosis. Expand index (12 more) »

Antigenic drift

Antigenic drift is a mechanism for variation in viruses that involves the accumulation of mutations within the genes that code for antibody-binding sites.

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Antigenic shift

Antigenic shift is the process by which two or more different strains of a virus, or strains of two or more different viruses, combine to form a new subtype having a mixture of the surface antigens of the two or more original strains.

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Aquaparamyxovirus

Aquaparamyxovirus is a genus of viruses in the family Paramyxoviridae, order Mononegavirales.

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Asia

Asia is Earth's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the Eastern and Northern Hemispheres.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.

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Avulavirus

The genus Avulavirus is one of seven genera in the family Paramyxoviridae and contains viruses that used to be classified in the genus Rubulavirus.

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Bird

Birds, also known as Aves, are a group of endothermic vertebrates, characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight skeleton.

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Blue eye disease

Blue eye disease is caused by La Piedad Michoacán Mexico virus (LPMV), the only member of the species Porcine rubulavirus in the Paramyxoviridae family.

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Bronchiolitis

Bronchiolitis is blockage of the small airway in the lungs due to a viral infection.

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Bronchitis

Bronchitis is inflammation of the bronchi (large and medium-sized airways) in the lungs.

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Caister Academic Press

Caister Academic Press is an independent academic publishing company that produces books and ebooks on microbiology, and molecular biology.

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Canine distemper

Canine distemper (sometimes termed hardpad disease) is a viral disease that affects a wide variety of animal families, including domestic and wild species of dogs, coyotes, foxes, pandas, wolves, ferrets, skunks, raccoons, and large cats, as well as pinnipeds, some primates, and a variety of other species.

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Cattle

Cattle—colloquially cows—are the most common type of large domesticated ungulates.

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Cetacean morbillivirus

Cetacean morbillivirus (CeMV) is a virus that infects marine mammals in the order Cetacea, which includes dolphins, porpoises and whales.

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Contagious disease

A contagious disease is a subset category of transmissible diseases, which are transmitted to other persons, either by physical contact with the person suffering the disease, or by casual contact with their secretions or objects touched by them or airborne route among other routes.

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Croup

Croup, also known as laryngotracheobronchitis, is a type of respiratory infection that is usually caused by a virus.

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Dog

The domestic dog (Canis lupus familiaris when considered a subspecies of the gray wolf or Canis familiaris when considered a distinct species) is a member of the genus Canis (canines), which forms part of the wolf-like canids, and is the most widely abundant terrestrial carnivore.

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Dolphin

Dolphins are a widely distributed and diverse group of aquatic mammals.

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Ferlavirus

Ferlavirus is a genus of viruses in the family Paramyxoviridae, order Mononegavirales.

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Gene

In biology, a gene is a sequence of DNA or RNA that codes for a molecule that has a function.

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Genome

In the fields of molecular biology and genetics, a genome is the genetic material of an organism.

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Glycoprotein

Glycoproteins are proteins that contain oligosaccharide chains (glycans) covalently attached to amino acid side-chains.

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Hemagglutination

Hemagglutination, or haemagglutination, is a specific form of agglutination that involves red blood cells (RBCs).

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Hemagglutinin

Hemagglutinin or haemagglutinin (British English)p refers to a substance that causes red blood cells (RBCs) to agglutinate.

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Hemagglutinin-neuraminidase

Hemagglutinin-neuraminidase refers to a single viral protein that has both hemagglutinin and neuraminidase activity.

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Henipavirus

Henipavirus is a genus of RNA viruses in the family Paramyxoviridae, order Mononegavirales containing five established species.

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Human parainfluenza viruses

Human parainfluenza viruses (HPIVs) are the viruses that cause human parainfluenza.

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Human respiratory syncytial virus

Human respiratory syncytial virus (HRSV) is a syncytial virus that causes respiratory tract infections.

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International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses

The International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) authorizes and organizes the taxonomic classification of and the nomenclatures for viruses.

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Measles

Measles is a highly contagious infectious disease caused by the measles virus.

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Measles virus

Measles virus (MeV) is a single-stranded, negative-sense, enveloped (non-segmented) RNA virus of the genus Morbillivirus within the family Paramyxoviridae.

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Mononegavirales

The order Mononegavirales is the taxonomic home of numerous related viruses.

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Morbillivirus

Morbillivirus is a genus of viruses in the order Mononegavirales, in the family Paramyxoviridae.

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Mumps

Mumps is a viral disease caused by the mumps virus.

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Mumps virus

Mumps virus is the causative agent of mumps, a well-known common childhood disease characterised by swelling of the parotid glands, salivary glands and other epithelial tissues, causing high morbidity and in some cases more serious complications such as deafness.

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Neuraminidase

Neuraminidase enzymes are glycoside hydrolase enzymes that cleave the glycosidic linkages of neuraminic acids.

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Newcastle disease

Newcastle disease is a contagious viral bird disease affecting many domestic and wild avian species; it is transmissible to humans.

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Nucleotide

Nucleotides are organic molecules that serve as the monomer units for forming the nucleic acid polymers deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and ribonucleic acid (RNA), both of which are essential biomolecules within all life-forms on Earth.

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Orthopneumovirus

The genus Orthopneumovirus consists of pathogens that target the upper respiratory tract within their specific hosts.

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Ovine rinderpest

Ovine rinderpest, also commonly known as peste des petits ruminants (PPR), is a contagious disease primarily affecting goats and sheep; however, camels and wild small ruminants can also be affected.

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Phocine distemper virus

Phocine distemper virus (PDV) is a paramyxovirus of the genus Morbillivirus that is pathogenic for pinniped species, particularly seals.

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Pinniped

Pinnipeds, commonly known as seals, are a widely distributed and diverse clade of carnivorous, fin-footed, semiaquatic marine mammals.

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Pneumonia

Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung affecting primarily the small air sacs known as alveoli.

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Pneumoviridae

Pneumoviridae (from Greek pneumo-, lung, -viridae, virus from Latin, poison, slimy liquid) is a new virus family in the order Mononegavirales.

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Porpoise

Porpoises are a group of fully aquatic marine mammals that are sometimes referred to as mereswine, all of which are classified under the family Phocoenidae, parvorder Odontoceti (toothed whales).

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Reassortment

Reassortment is the mixing of the genetic material of a species into new combinations in different individuals.

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Respirovirus

Respirovirus is a genus of viruses in the order Mononegavirales, in the family Paramyxoviridae.

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Ribosome shunting

Ribosome shunting is a mechanism of translation initiation in which ribosomes physically bypass, or shunt over, parts of the 5' untranslated region to reach the initiation codon.

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Rinderpest

Rinderpest (also cattle plague or steppe murrain) was an infectious viral disease of cattle, domestic buffalo, and many other species of even-toed ungulates, including buffaloes, large antelope and deer, giraffes, wildebeests, and warthogs.

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RNA virus

An RNA virus is a virus that has RNA (ribonucleic acid) as its genetic material.

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RNA-dependent RNA polymerase

RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRP), (RDR), or RNA replicase, is an enzyme that catalyzes the replication of RNA from an RNA template.

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Rubulavirus

Rubulavirus is a genus of viruses in the family Paramyxoviridae, order Mononegavirales.

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Rule of six (viruses)

The rule of six is feature of some paramyxovirus genomes.

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Sendai virus

Sendai virus (SeV), previously also known as murine parainfluenza virus type 1 or hemagglutinating virus of Japan (HVJ), is a negative sense, single-stranded RNA virus of the family Paramyxoviridae, a group of viruses featuring, notably, the genera Morbillivirus and Rubulavirus.

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Transcription (biology)

Transcription is the first step of gene expression, in which a particular segment of DNA is copied into RNA (especially mRNA) by the enzyme RNA polymerase.

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Vaccine

A vaccine is a biological preparation that provides active acquired immunity to a particular disease.

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Veterinary virology

Veterinary virology is the study of viruses in non-human animals.

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Viral entry

Viral entry is the earliest stage of infection in the viral life cycle, as the virus comes into contact with the host cell and introduces viral material into the cell.

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Virology

Virology is the study of viruses – submicroscopic, parasitic particles of genetic material contained in a protein coat – and virus-like agents.

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Virulence

Virulence is a pathogen's or microbe's ability to infect or damage a host.

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Virus

A virus is a small infectious agent that replicates only inside the living cells of other organisms.

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Zoonosis

Zoonoses are infectious diseases that can be transmitted between animals and humans.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramyxoviridae

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