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Paramyxoviridae MeSH Descriptor Data 2026


MeSH Heading
Paramyxoviridae
Tree Number(s)
B04.820.480.937.600
Unique ID
D010252
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010252
Annotation
a family of the order Mononegavirales; infection = PARAMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS
Scope Note
A family of spherical viruses, of the order MONONEGAVIRALES, somewhat larger than the orthomyxoviruses, and containing single-stranded RNA. Subfamilies include PARAMYXOVIRINAE and PNEUMOVIRINAE.
Entry Term(s)
Ferlavirus
Registry Numbers
txid11158
txid1283308
Related Numbers
txid1283308
NLM Classification #
QW 168.5.P2
Previous Indexing
Orthomyxoviridae (1966-1970)
Public MeSH Note
81; was PARAMYXOVIRUSES 1973-80
Online Note
use PARAMYXOVIRIDAE to search PARAMYXOVIRUSES 1971-80 (as Prov 1971-72)
History Note
81; was PARAMYXOVIRUSES 1971-80 (Prov 1971-72)
Date Introduced
1973/01/01
Last Updated
2020/08/13
Paramyxoviridae Preferred
Ferlavirus Narrower
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