Parainfluenzavirus

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Electron micrographs presented by

Department of Medical Microbiology
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa.

"Virions are enveloped and enclose a helical nucleocapsid containing single-stranded RNA. Most virions are roughly spherical (about 200nm in diameter) but they can be much larger and more pleomorphic. The virus envelope is a lipid bilayer, studded with virus encoded glycoproteins which have properties of haemagglutination and fusion (the F protein)."

Original WWW location of micrographs.

Taxonomic Descriptions

Virus Species	Virus Genus	Virus Subfamily	Virus Family	Host
parainfluenzavirus	Paramyxovirus	Paramyxovirinae		Paramyxoviridae	Mammalia

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