skip to main content
LOTERRE

LOTERRE

Search from vocabulary

Content language

| español français
Search help

Concept information

virus > respiratory virus > Paramyxoviridae

Preferred term

Paramyxoviridae  

Definition(s)

  • Paramyxoviridae is a family of negative-sense, single-stranded RNA viruses in the order Mononegavirales. Vertebrates serve as natural hosts; no known plants serve as vectors. Currently, Paramyxoviridae has four subfamilies, 17 genera, and 77 species, three genera of which are unassigned to a subfamily. Diseases associated with this family include measles, mumps, and respiratory tract infections. (Wikipedia)

Broader concept(s)

Narrower concept(s)

Synonym(s)

  • paramyxovirus
  • paramyxoviruses

Creator

  • Patricia Fener

In other languages

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/C0X-PHKF20RL-M

Download this concept:

RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD Last modified 1/7/21