Measles virus

Translingual

Measles virus, highly magnified, 100-200 nm

Proper noun

Measles virus

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

Hypernyms

• (species): Mononegavirales - order; Paramyxoviridae - family; Orthoparamyxovirinae - subfamily; Morbillivirus - genus

Hyponyms

• (species):

References

• Measles virus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Morbillivirus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Measles virus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Measles virus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• https://web.archive.org/web/20160304193102/http://www.ictvonline.org/taxonomyHistory.asp?taxnode_id=20130415&taxa_name=Measles%20virus at International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses