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 …

Measles is an important cause of child mortality that has a seemingly paradoxical interaction
with the immune system. In most individuals, the immune response is successful in …

The SARS-CoV-2 betacoronavirus uses its highly glycosylated trimeric Spike protein to bind
to the cell surface receptor angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) glycoprotein and …

Measles virus, a major cause of childhood morbidity and mortality worldwide, predominantly
infects immune cells using signaling lymphocyte activation molecule (SLAM) as a cellular …

Highlights•Most paramyxoviruses require attachment and fusion (F) proteins for cell
entry.•Competing 'clamp'and 'provocateur'models have been proposed as entry …

Paramyxoviruses are a family of negative sense RNA viruses whose members cause
serious diseases in humans, such as measles virus, mumps virus and respiratory syncytial …

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

Highlights•Cryo-electron tomography reconstructions of paramyxovirus particles have
yielded novel insight into virion assembly and organization.•Newcastle disease virus matrix …

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the major cause of viral lower respiratory tract illness in
children. In contrast to the RSV prototypic strain A2, clinical isolate RSV 2–20 induces …

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