| Mumps virus | |
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| TEM micrograph of the mumps virus. | |
| Virus classification | |
| Group: | Group V ((-)ssRNA) |
| Order: | Mononegavirales |
| Family: | Paramyxoviridae |
| Genus: | Rubulavirus |
| Type species | |
| Mumps virus |
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Mumps virus is the negative-sense RNA virus that causes the disease mumps and is passed along from person to person by aerosol respiratory droplets. The disease is characterized by grossly enlarged and modestly tender parotid glands. Parotid stimulation causes pain in the gland and ear. Mumps is generally a benign disease in the vast majority of cases but occasionally complicated by meningoencephalitis, pancreatitis, orchitis, or deafness.
It is a member of the Paramyxoviridae family of the genus Rubulavirus.
An example of a wild type is 88-1961.[1]
References
- ^ Rubin SA, Amexis G, Pletnikov M, et al. (November 2003). "Changes in mumps virus gene sequence associated with variability in neurovirulent phenotype". J. Virol. 77 (21): 11616–24. PMID 14557647. PMC 229304. http://jvi.asm.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=14557647.
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