respirovirus

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| taxon = Respirovirus

| synonyms = *Paramyxovirus

| synonyms_ref = {{cite journal|last1=Pringle |first1=C. R. |year = 1998 |title = Virus taxonomy-San Diego 1998

|journal = Archives of Virology |volume = 143 |issue = 7 |pages = 1449–59 |pmid = 9742051 |doi=10.1007/s007050050389 |url=https://ictv.global/ictv/proposals/Ratification_1998.pdf}}

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Respirovirus is a genus of viruses in the order Mononegavirales, in the family Paramyxoviridae.{{cite journal |last1=Rima |first1=B |last2=Balkema-Buschmann |first2=A |last3=Dundon |first3=WG |last4=Duprex |first4=WP|author-link4=William Paul Duprex |last5=Easton |first5=A |last6=Fouchier |first6=R |last7=Kurath |first7=G |last8=Lamb |first8=R |last9=Lee |first9=B |last10=Rota |first10=P |last11=Wang |first11=L |last12=ICTV Report Consortium |title=ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Paramyxoviridae. |journal=The Journal of General Virology |date=December 2019 |volume=100 |issue=12 |pages=1593–1594 |doi=10.1099/jgv.0.001328 |pmid=31609197|doi-access=free |pmc=7273325 }} Rodents and human serve as natural hosts. There are nine species in this genus.{{cite web|title=Virus Taxonomy: 2024 Release|url=https://ictv.global/taxonomy|publisher=International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses|access-date=14 March 2025}} Diseases associated with this genus include: croup and other acute febrile respiratory tract infections.{{cite web|title=Viral Zone|url=http://viralzone.expasy.org/all_by_species/87.html|publisher=ExPASy|accessdate=15 June 2015}}

Taxonomy

The genus contains the following species:

Respirovirus bovis
Respirovirus caprae
Respirovirus henanense
Respirovirus laryngotracheitidis
Respirovirus muris
Respirovirus pneumoniae
Respirovirus ratufae
Respirovirus rupicaprae
Respirovirus suis

Structure

Respirovirions are enveloped, with spherical geometries. The diameter is around 150 nm. Respirovirus genomes are linear, around 15kb in length. The genome codes for 8 proteins.

Genus	Structure \|\| Symmetry	Capsid	Genomic arrangement	Genomic segmentation
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Respirovirus	Spherical		Enveloped	Linear	Monopartite

Life cycle

Viral replication is cytoplasmic. Entry into the host cell is achieved by virus attaches to host cell. Replication follows the negative stranded RNA virus replication model. Negative stranded RNA virus transcription, using polymerase stuttering is the method of transcription. Translation takes place by leaky scanning, and ribosomal shunting. The virus exits the host cell by budding. Rodents and human serve as the natural host. Transmission routes are respiratory.

Genus	Host details	Tissue tropism	Entry details	Release details	Replication site	Assembly site	Transmission
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Respirovirus	Rodents; humans	None	Glycoprotein	Budding	Cytoplasm	Cytoplasm	Aerosols

References

External links

[http://www.ictv.global/report/paramyxoviridae ICTV Report: Paramyxoviridae]
[http://viralzone.expasy.org/all_by_species/87.html Viralzone: Respirovirus]

Category:Virus genera

Category:Paramyxoviridae