any single-strand RNA virus of the Paramyxoviridae family usually causing acute respiratory disease
paramyxovirus in American English
(ˌpærəˈmɪksəˌvaɪrəs)
noun
any of a family (Paramyxoviridae) of RNA viruses, including those causing mumps, measles, and parainfluenza
paramyxovirus in American English
(ˌpærəˈmɪksəˌvairəs, -ˌmɪksəˈvai-)
nounWord forms: plural-ruses
any of various RNA-containing viruses that are similar to but larger than the myxoviruses,including the viruses that cause mumps, measles, parainfluenza, and Newcastle disease
Word origin
[1960–65; para-1 + myxovirus]This word is first recorded in the period 1960–65. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: bicycle kick, deinstitutionalize, pop art, tag question, zip codepara- is a prefix appearing in loanwords from Greek, most often attached to verbs and verbalderivatives, with the meanings “at or to one side of, beside, side by side” (parabola; paragraph; parallel; paralysis), “beyond, past, by” (paradox; paragogue); by extension from these senses, this prefix came to designate objects or activitiesauxiliary to or derivative of that denoted by the base word (parody; paronomasia), and hence abnormal or defective (paranoia), a sense now common in modern scientific coinages (parageusia; paralexia). As an English prefix, para- may have any of these senses; it is also productive in the naming of occupationalroles considered ancillary or subsidiary to roles requiring more training, or of ahigher status, on such models as paramedical and paraprofessional (paralegal; paralibrarian; parapolice)
Examples of 'paramyxovirus' in a sentence
paramyxovirus
These genes are sufficiently unique to suggest the existence of a novel paramyxovirus genus.
Christopher F. Basler, Adolfo García-Sastre, Peter Palese 2005, 'A Novel Paramyxovirus?', Emerging Infectious Diseaseshttps://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/11/1/04-0653_article. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
No avian paramyxovirus was found in any of the samples tested.
Nesse LL, Tharaldsen J, Hofshagen M, Bergsjø B, Jonassen C Monceyron, Lillehaug A,Handeland K 2005, 'Screening of Feral Pigeon (Colomba livia), Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)and Graylag Goose (Anser anser) Populations for Campylobacter spp.,Salmonella spp., Avian Influenza Virus and Avian Paramyxovirus', Acta Veterinaria Scandinavicahttp://www.actavetscand.com/content/46/4/193. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This has returned a compound class with broad anti-viral activity including potent inhibition of different influenza virus and paramyxovirus strains.
Stefanie A Krumm, J Maina Ndungu, Jeong-Joong Yoon, Melanie Dochow, Aiming Sun, MichaelNatchus, James P Snyder, Richard K Plemper 2011, 'Potent host-directed small-molecule inhibitors of myxovirus RNA-dependent RNA-polymerases.',PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3095640?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Moreover, we examined the possible impact of paramyxovirus infection on individual animals by comparing histo-pathological findings and virological results.
Andreas Kurth, Claudia Kohl, Annika Brinkmann, Arnt Ebinger, Jennifer A. Harper, Lin-FaWang, Kristin Mühldorfer, Gudrun Wibbelt 2012, 'Novel Paramyxoviruses in Free-Ranging European Bats', PLoS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0038688. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Viral mediation of syncytium formation (a polykaryonic structure) promotes intratumoral paramyxovirus replication and spreading, without exposure to host neutralizing antibodies.
Olga V Matveeva, Zong S Guo, Svetlana A Shabalina, Peter M Chumakov 2015, 'Oncolysis by paramyxoviruses: multiple mechanisms contribute to therapeutic efficiency',Molecular Therapy: Oncolyticshttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2372770516300134. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Paramyxovirus research has relied on the study of laboratory-adapted strains of virus in immortalized cultured cell lines.
Laura M. Palermo, Manik Uppal, Lucy Skrabanek, Paul Zumbo, Soren Germer, Nora C. Toussaint,Bert K. Rima, Devra Huey, Stefan Niewiesk, Matteo Porotto, Anne Moscona 2016, 'Features of Circulating Parainfluenza Virus Required for Growth in Human Airway',mBiohttp://mbio.asm.org/cgi/content/full/7/2/e00235-16. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)