Orthoreoviruses
Orthoreoviruses Terence S. Dermody John S. L. Parker Barbara Sherry Introduction and History Basic Features of the Reoviridae Members of the Reoviridae form nonenveloped virions composed of 1 to 3…
Arenaviridae
Arenaviridae Michael J. Buchmeier Juan-Carlos de la Torre Clarence J. Peters History Arenaviruses cause chronic infections of rodents indigenous to Europe, Africa, the Americas, and perhaps other continents. These asymptomatically…
Bunyaviridae
Bunyaviridae Richard M. Elliott Connie S. Schmaljohn History The family Bunyaviridae takes its name from Bunyamwera virus (BUNV), which was isolated originally from Aedes mosquitoes in the Semliki Forest, Uganda,…
Orthomyxoviridae
Orthomyxoviridae Megan L. Shaw Peter Palese Influenza viruses were probably responsible for the disease described by Hippocrates in 412 BC,275 and thus they have been with us for a long,…
Bornaviridae
Bornaviridae Christiane Herden Thomas Briese W. Ian Lipkin Jürgen A. Richt History The syndrome we know as Borna disease (BD) was first described in European veterinary textbooks in the 1700s331,358…
Respiratory Syncytial Virus and Metapneumovirus
Respiratory Syncytial Virus and Metapneumovirus Peter L. Collins Ruth A. Karron History Human respiratory syncytial virus (HRSV) was first isolated in 1955 from a laboratory chimpanzee with illness resembling the…
Henipaviruses
Henipaviruses Lin-Fa Wang John S. Mackenzie Christopher C. Broder History Hendra virus (HeV), the first known member of the genus Henipavirus in the family Paramyxoviridae, came to light in September…
Measles Virus
Measles Virus Diane E. Griffin Measles is a highly contagious disease characterized by a prodromal illness of fever, coryza, cough, and conjunctivitis followed by the appearance of a generalized maculopapular…
Mumps Virus
Mumps Virus Steven A. Rubin Christian J. Sauder Kathryn M. Carbone History In the 5th century BC, Hippocrates described a mild epidemic illness associated with nonsuppurative swelling near the ears…
Parainfluenza Viruses
Parainfluenza Viruses Ruth A. Karron Peter L. Collins History The four serotypes of human parainfluenza virus types 1 to 4 (HPIV1 to HPIV4) were first recovered between 1956 and 1960,…
