Taxon Details

History of the taxon:

Etymology of the name:

Taxon: Paramyxoviridae; Proposal: Ratification 1975; : ; ICTV Report: Paramyxoviridae; Reference: PMID: 681143

from the Ancient Greek παρά (pará), meaning “beside" and the Greek μύξα, (mýxa), meaning"mucus", referring to the association of some members of the family with respiratory infection; the suffix -viridae for family taxa

International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses

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