Avulavirus

Avulavirus
Virus classification
Group:	Group V ((−)ssRNA)
Order:	Mononegavirales
Family:	Paramyxoviridae
Genus:	Avulavirus
Species
Avian paramyxovirus Avian paramyxovirus 2 Avian paramyxovirus 3 Avian paramyxovirus 4 Avian paramyxovirus 5 Avian paramyxovirus 6 Avian paramyxovirus 7 Avian paramyxovirus 8 Avian paramyxovirus 9 Avian paramyxovirus 11 Avian paramyxovirus 12 Goose paramyxovirus (tentative) Newcastle disease virus

The genus Avulavirus is one of seven genera in the family Paramyxoviridae and contains viruses that used to be classified in the genus Rubulavirus, but which infect birds (hence the name avian rubulavirus) and translate protein V from an edited RNA transcript. They have a hemagglutinin-neuraminidase attachment protein and do not produce a non-structural protein C.

Members of this Genus

Members of this genus include the Newcastle disease virus (Avian parainfluenza virus 1) and Avian paramyxovirus types 2 through 9. Goose paramyxovirus is a tentative member of this genus.

Sources

• Association of Applied Biologists
• Rothamsted Research

Newcastle disease is otherwise called Avian paramyxovirus 1

External links

• ViralZone: Avulavirus
• Virus Pathogen Database and Analysis Resource (ViPR): Paramyxoviridae