Pneumovirinae

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Pneumovirinae

virus subfamily

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The second subfamily, Pneumovirinae, causes the serious respiratory syncytial virus disease in human infants. Family Rhabdoviridae Enveloped virions, usually bullet-shaped, about 75 nm in diameter and 180 nm in length, containing a helical nucleocapsid with single-stranded negative-sense RNA and an endogenous RNA polymerase. The lipoprotein envelope contains a…
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The second subfamily, Pneumovirinae, causes the serious respiratory syncytial virus disease in human infants. Family Rhabdoviridae Enveloped virions, usually bullet-shaped, about 75 nm in diameter and 180 nm in length, containing a helical nucleocapsid with single-stranded negative-sense RNA and an endogenous RNA polymerase. The lipoprotein envelope contains a…
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paramyxovirus
…has two subfamilies, Paramyxovirinae and Pneumovirinae, each of which contains multiple genera. Examples of Paramyxovirinae genera include Rubulavirus, which is composed of several species of human parainfluenza viruses and the mumps viruses; Avulavirus, which contains the species Newcastle disease virus (of poultry) as well as various avian
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…has two subfamilies, Paramyxovirinae and Pneumovirinae, each of which contains multiple genera. Examples of Paramyxovirinae genera include Rubulavirus, which is composed of several species of human parainfluenza viruses and the mumps viruses; Avulavirus, which contains the species Newcastle disease virus (of poultry) as well as various avian
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