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,…
Paramyxoviridae
Paramyxoviridae Robert A. Lamb Griffith D. Parks The Paramyxoviridae include some of the great and ubiquitous disease-causing viruses of humans and animals, including one of the most infectious viruses known…
Filoviridae: Marburg and Ebola Viruses
Filoviridae: Marburg and Ebola Viruses Heinz Feldmann Anthony Sanchez Thomas W. Geisbert Classification Taxonomy Filoviruses are taxonomically classified within the order Mononegavirales, a large group of enveloped viruses whose genomes…
Rhabdoviridae
Rhabdoviridae Douglas S. Lyles Ivan V. Kuzmin Charles E. Rupprecht The family Rhabdoviridae consists of more than 185 different viruses isolated from both plants and animals. They are enveloped viruses…
