Measles virus

Translingual

Measles virus, highly magnified, 100-200 nm

Proper noun

Measles virus

A taxonomic species within the family Paramyxoviridae – a negative-sense ssRNA (group V) virus that causes measles or rubeola.

Hypernyms

(species): Virus - kingdom; Mononegavirales - order; Paramyxoviridae - family; Paramyxovirinae - subfamily; Morbillivirus - genus

Hyponyms

(species):

Further reading

Measles virus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Morbillivirus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Measles virus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Measles virus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Measles virus at Encyclopedia of Life
Measles virus at International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses

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