Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a leading cause of lower respiratory tract disease in
young children and elderly people. Although the virus was isolated in 1955, an effective …

Ari Helenius launched the field of enveloped virus fusion in endosomes with a seminal
paper in the Journal of Cell Biology in 1980. In the intervening years, a great deal has been …

Enveloped viruses enter cells by inducing fusion of viral and cellular membranes, a process
catalyzed by a specialized membrane-fusion protein expressed on their surface. This review …

Research over a period of more than half a century has provided a reasonably accurate
picture of mechanisms involved in animal virus entry into their host cells. Successive steps in …

The risk of spillover of enzootic paramyxoviruses and the susceptibility of recipient human
and domestic animal populations are defined by a broad collection of ecological and …

Paramyxoviruses—including important pathogens like parainfluenza, measles, and Nipah
viruses—use a receptor binding protein [hemagglutinin-neuraminidase (HN) for …

Measles virus (MeV), a highly contagious member of the Paramyxoviridae family, causes
measles in humans. The Paramyxoviridae family of negative single-stranded enveloped …

Respirovirus 3 is a leading cause of severe acute respiratory infections in vulnerable human
populations. Entry into host cells is facilitated by the attachment glycoprotein and the fusion …

Langya virus (LayV) is a paramyxovirus in the Henipavirus genus, closely related to the
deadly Nipah (NiV) and Hendra (HeV) viruses, that was identified in August 2022 through …

Summary Hendra (HeV) and Nipah (NiV) viruses are emerging zoonotic pathogens in the
Henipavirus genus causing outbreaks of disease with very high case fatality rates. Here, we …