Measles virus

Morbillivirus hominis
"Measles morbillivirus" electron micrograph
Measles morbillivirus electron micrograph
Virus classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Virus
Realm: Riboviria
Kingdom: Orthornavirae
Phylum: Negarnaviricota
Class: Monjiviricetes
Order: Mononegavirales
Family: Paramyxoviridae
Genus: Morbillivirus
Species:
Morbillivirus hominis
Synonyms[1]

Measles virus (MV)
Measles morbillivirus (MeV)

The measles virus (MV), with scientific name Morbillivirus hominis, is a single-stranded, negative-sense, enveloped, non-segmented RNA virus of the genus Morbillivirus within the family Paramyxoviridae. It is the cause of measles. Humans are the natural hosts of the virus; no animal reservoirs are known to exist.

  1. ^ "ICTV Taxonomy history: Measles morbillivirus". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). Retrieved 15 January 2019.