Novel and classical morbilliviruses: Current knowledge of three divergent morbillivirus groups

• Published in: Microbiology and immunology Vol. 66; no. 12; p. 552
• Main Authors: Seki, Fumio, Takeda, Makoto
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Australia 01.12.2022
• Subjects: Animals; Dogs; Humans; Mice; Morbillivirus; Phylogeny; morbillivirus; H protein; SLAM; receptor; nectin-4

Currently, seven species of morbillivirus have been classified. Six of these species (Measles morbillivirus, Rinderpest morbillivirus, Small ruminant morbillivirus, Canine morbillivirus, Phocine morbillivirus, and Cetacean morbillivirus) are highly infectious and cause serious systemic diseases in h...