Tilhører gruppen af negativ enkeltstrenget RNA-virus (Gruppe V, -ssRNA)
Klassifikation Paramyxoviridae inddeles i 2 underfamilier med henholdsvis 5 og 2 slægter. Paramyxovirinae Avulavirus Newcastle disease virus (fjerkræsygdom) Avian paramyxovirus 2 – 9 Henipavirus Hendra virus Nipahvirus Morbillivirus Mæslingevirus Canine distemper virus (Hundesyge) Cetacean morbillivirus Peste-des-petits-ruminants virus Phocine distemper virus Rinderpest virus Respirovirus Bovine parainfluenza virus 3 Sendai virus Human parainfluenza virus 1 Human parainfluenza virus 3 Simian virus 10 Rubulavirus Fåresyge virus Human parainfluenza virus 2 Human parainfluenza virus 4 Mapuera virus Porcine rubulavirus Simian virus 5 Simian virus 41
Pneumovirinae Pneumovirus Bovine respiratory syncytial virus Human respiratory syncytial virus Murine pneumonia virus Metapneumovirus Avian metapneumovirus Human metapneumovirus
Se også
Vira (klassifikation)
Kilder :wikispecies:Mononegavirales Systema naturae 2000 (classification) – Taxon: Family Paramyxoviridae