Paramyxovirus facts for kids

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Quick facts for kids Paramyxovirus
Virus classification
Group:	Group V ((−)ssRNA)
Order:	Mononegavirales
Family:	Paramyxoviridae
Genera
Subfamily Paramyxovirinae Avulavirus Henipavirus Morbillivirus Respirovirus Rubulavirus Subfamily Pneumovirinae Pneumovirus Metapneumovirus

Paramyxoviruses (from Greek para-, beyond, -myxo-, mucus or slime, plus virus, from Latin poison, slime) are viruses of the Paramyxoviridae family of the Mononegavirales order; they are negative-sense single-stranded RNA viruses responsible for a number of human and animal diseases.

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