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... > Viruses > RNA Viruses > Negative-Sense RNA Viruses > Mononegavirales > Paramyxoviridae > Paramyxovirinae > Morbillivirus

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Morbillivirus  

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Entry terms

  • Morbilli Virus

Note

  • "morbilli virus" sometimes refers to the genus Morbillivirus & sometimes to MEASLES VIRUS: check text; infection = MORBILLIVIRUS INFECTIONS

Scope note

  • A genus of the family PARAMYXOVIRIDAE (subfamily PARAMYXOVIRINAE) where the virions of most members have hemagglutinin but not neuraminidase activity. All members produce both cytoplasmic and intranuclear inclusion bodies. MEASLES VIRUS is the type species.

History note

  • 94; MORBILLI VIRUS was see MEASLES VIRUS 1975-93

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D018103

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