Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) is caused by a Morbillivirus that belongs to the family
Paramyxoviridae. PPR is an acute, highly contagious and fatal disease primarily affecting …

Vaccine design is progressing from empiricism towards the increasingly rational
presentation of the targets of protective immunity. Nevertheless, most current vaccine …

Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) glycoprotein B (gB) is a class III membrane fusion protein
required for viral entry. HCMV vaccine candidates containing gB have demonstrated …

Abstract Nipah virus (NiV) and Hendra virus (HeV) are zoonotic henipaviruses (HNVs)
responsible for outbreaks of encephalitis and respiratory illness with fatality rates of 50 …

The Paramyxoviridae include some of the great and ubiquitous disease-causing viruses of
humans and animals. In most paramyxoviruses, two viral membrane glycoproteins, fusion …

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the leading cause of death due to a viral etiology in
infants. RSV disease is characterized by epithelial desquamation, neutrophilic bronchiolitis …

Measles virus (MeV), a major cause of childhood morbidity and mortality, is highly
immunotropic and one of the most contagious pathogens. MeV may establish, albeit rarely …

Hendra virus (HeV) is one of the two prototypical members of the Henipavirus genus of
paramyxoviruses, which are designated biosafety level 4 (BSL-4) organisms due to the high …

The paramyxovirus F protein is a class I viral membrane fusion protein which undergoes a
significant refolding transition during virus entry. Previous studies of the Newcastle disease …

Measles virus (MeV), a member of the paramyxovirus family of enveloped RNA viruses and
one of the most infectious viral pathogens identified, accounts for major pediatric morbidity …