Paramyxovirus can refer to two different groups of viruses:
*a member of the family ''
Paramyxoviridae
''Paramyxoviridae'' (from Greek ''para-'' “by the side of” and ''myxa'' “mucus”) is a family of negative-strand RNA viruses in the order '' Mononegavirales''. Vertebrates serve as natural hosts. Diseases associated with this family includ ...
'' can be called a paramyxovirus (no italics)
*the genus ''
Respirovirus'' was known as ''Paramyxovirus'' (with italics) until 1998
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