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myxovirus

DEFINITIONS OF: myxovirus

1

n any of a group of RNA viruses including those that cause influenza and mumps

Types:
orthomyxovirus
a group of viruses including those causing influenza
paramyxovirus
a group of viruses including those causing mumps and measles
respiratory syncytial virus
a paramyxovirus that forms syncytia in tissue culture and that is responsible for severe respiratory diseases such as bronchiolitis and bronchial pneumonia (especially in children)
Type of:
animal virus
an animal pathogen that is a virus
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