Paramyxoviridae

Paramyxoviridae is a family of RNA viruses.

• The two most common viruses that cause human disease from paramyxoviridae family are Nipah virus was identified in 1999 after causing disease in animals and in humans.
• The virus is named after the location where it was first detected in Malaysia.
• Transmission of Nipah virus to humans may occur after direct contact with infected bats, infected pigs, or from other NiV infected people.

• Hendra virus was first isolated in 1994 from specimens obtained during an outbreak of respiratory and neurologic disease in horses and humans in Hendra, a suburb of Brisbane, Australia.
• The natural reservoir for Hendra virus has since been identified as the flying fox.

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