Virus
metapneumovirus
Subclass of:
Pneumovirinae
Definitions related to metapneumovirus:
  • A genus of nonsegmented, negative-strand ssRNA viruses in the Pneumovirinae subfamily that uniquely accomplishes cell fusion without the help of an attachment protein. This virus has a genome of about 13 kb, encoding eight proteins. The virion is enveloped and spherical with a diameter of about 150 nm
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • A genus of the subfamily PNEUMOVIRINAE, containing two members: Turkey rhinotracheitis virus and a human Metapneumovirus. Virions lack HEMAGGLUTININ and NEURAMINIDASE.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • Any viral organism that can be assigned to the genus Metapneumovirus.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
  • Genus of the subfamily pneumovirinae which includes human Metapneumovirus.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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