Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) is caused by a Morbillivirus that belongs to the family
Paramyxoviridae. PPR is an acute, highly contagious and fatal disease primarily affecting …

Highlights•Most paramyxoviruses require attachment and fusion (F) proteins for cell
entry.•Competing 'clamp'and 'provocateur'models have been proposed as entry …

Measles virus (MeV), a highly contagious member of the Paramyxoviridae family, causes
measles in humans. The Paramyxoviridae family of negative single-stranded enveloped …

Research in the last decade has uncovered many new paramyxoviruses, airborne agents
that cause epidemic diseases in animals including humans. Most paramyxoviruses enter …

Respirovirus 3 is a leading cause of severe acute respiratory infections in vulnerable human
populations. Entry into host cells is facilitated by the attachment glycoprotein and the fusion …

The Paramyxoviridae include some of the great and ubiquitous disease-causing viruses of
humans and animals. In most paramyxoviruses, two viral membrane glycoproteins, fusion …

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the leading cause of death due to a viral etiology in
infants. RSV disease is characterized by epithelial desquamation, neutrophilic bronchiolitis …

Hendra virus (HeV) is one of the two prototypical members of the Henipavirus genus of
paramyxoviruses, which are designated biosafety level 4 (BSL-4) organisms due to the high …

Nipah virus is an emergent paramyxovirus that causes deadly encephalitis and respiratory
infections in humans. Two glycoproteins coordinate the infection of host cells, an attachment …

The family Paramyxoviridae consists of a group of large, enveloped, negative-sense, single-
stranded RNA viruses and contains many important human and animal pathogens …