National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

Last uploaded: February 21, 2019

Preferred Name	Paramyxoviridae
ID	http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C14255
ALT_DEFINITION	RNA viruses; enters host by fusion of the viral envelope with the cell surface membrane; transmission is horizontal, mainly airborne. A family of spherical viruses, of the order MONONEGAVIRALES, somewhat larger than the orthomyxoviruses, and containing single-stranded RNA. Subfamilies include PARAMYXOVIRINAE and PNEUMOVIRINAE.
code	C14255
DEFINITION	A family of negative-strand single-strand RNA viruses which includes Mumps and Measles viruses.
label	Paramyxoviridae
Legacy_Concept_Name	Paramyxoviridae
NCBI_Taxon_ID	11158
Preferred_Name	Paramyxoviridae
prefixIRI	C14255
prefLabel	Paramyxoviridae
Semantic_Type	Virus
UMLS_CUI	C0030465
subClassOf	http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C14346

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Delete	Mapping To	Ontology	Source
	http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_11158	Human Disease Ontology 123	LOOM
	http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D010252	Medical Subject Headings	LOOM