paramyxovirus
noun
para·myxo·vi·rus
ˌper-ə-ˈmik-sə-ˌvī-rəs 
ˌpa-rə-
plural paramyxoviruses
: any of a family (Paramyxoviridae) of single-stranded RNA viruses that include the parainfluenza viruses and the causative agents of canine distemper, measles, mumps, Newcastle disease, and rinderpest
Note: Respiratory syncytial virus and metapneumovirus were formerly identified as paramyxoviruses but are now classified as pneumoviruses.
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Bay Area residents should keep their pets away from wildlife, officials said, as the disease can spread through dogs unvaccinated against the paramyxovirus that causes it.
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Kellie Hwang, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Mar. 2022
But tests for everything from adenoviruses to paramyxoviruses came back negative.
—Kai Kupferschmidt, Science | AAAS, 28 Apr. 2020
In one such study, his team discovered that mumps, which like measles is caused by a paramyxovirus, had jumped to humans from bats.
—Kai Kupferschmidt, Science | AAAS, 28 Apr. 2020
Wild animals could be used as bioterrorist weapons to spread infectious diseases such as monkeypox, which can be fatal for humans, or avian paramyxovirus, a disease carried by exotic birds that can spread to poultry.
—National Geographic, 26 Feb. 2016
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Kellie Hwang, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Mar. 2022
But tests for everything from adenoviruses to paramyxoviruses came back negative.
—Kai Kupferschmidt, Science | AAAS, 28 Apr. 2020
In one such study, his team discovered that mumps, which like measles is caused by a paramyxovirus, had jumped to humans from bats.
—Kai Kupferschmidt, Science | AAAS, 28 Apr. 2020
Wild animals could be used as bioterrorist weapons to spread infectious diseases such as monkeypox, which can be fatal for humans, or avian paramyxovirus, a disease carried by exotic birds that can spread to poultry.
—National Geographic, 26 Feb. 2016
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paramyxovirus
noun
para·myxo·vi·rus
ˌpar-ə-ˈmik-sə-ˌvī-rəs
: any of the family Paramyxoviridae of single-stranded RNA viruses that include the parainfluenza viruses and the causative agents of canine distemper, measles, mumps, Newcastle disease, and rinderpest
Note: Respiratory syncytial virus and metapneumovirus were formerly identified as paramyxoviruses but are now classified as pneumoviruses.
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