What this page does and does not yet contain. This is the taxonomy pass. Every virus below carries its ICTV classification and the evidence that it infects people. Vaccines, antivirals, antibodies and disease-burden figures have not been searched yet — that is why the last column says so, rather than being blank or saying “none”. An empty cell would claim that nothing exists; this claims only that nobody has looked.
Taxonomy is copied by script from the ICTV Virus Metadata Resource and is never hand-edited. How a virus qualifies for this list, and which viruses are deliberately left out, is on the methods page.
Where this family sits
Ranks above family are shared by every member, copied from ICTV MSL41.v1 / VMR_MSL41.v1.20260729.xlsx.
| Realm | Riboviria |
|---|---|
| Kingdom | Orthornavirae |
| Phylum | Negarnaviricota |
| Class | Monjiviricetes |
| Order | Mononegavirales |
| Family | Paramyxoviridae |
Genome type in this family: V — (−)ssRNA.
Members with evidence of human infection
12 of this family’s species qualify for the index. Species with no human sequence evidence, and the commensal families left out altogether, are explained on the methods page.
| Virus | Family | Baltimore class | ICTV species | Human infection | Countermeasures |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avian paramyxovirus 1APMV1; Orthoavulavirus javaense | Paramyxoviridae | V — (−)ssRNA | Orthoavulavirus javaense | Human infection recorded; pattern not classified | Not searched yet |
| Hendra virusHeV; Equine morbillivirus; Hendra henipavirus; Henipavirus hendraense | Paramyxoviridae | V — (−)ssRNA | Henipavirus hendraense | Human infection recorded; pattern not classified | Not searched yet |
| Human parainfluenza virus 1HPIV1; Respirovirus laryngotracheitidis | Paramyxoviridae | V — (−)ssRNA | Respirovirus laryngotracheitidis | Human infection recorded; pattern not classified | Not searched yet |
| Human parainfluenza virus 2HPIV2; Orthorubulavirus laryngotracheitidis | Paramyxoviridae | V — (−)ssRNA | Orthorubulavirus laryngotracheitidis | Human infection recorded; pattern not classified | Not searched yet |
| Human parainfluenza virus 3HPIV3; Respirovirus pneumoniae | Paramyxoviridae | V — (−)ssRNA | Respirovirus pneumoniae | Human infection recorded; pattern not classified | Vaccine: Phase 1 |
| Human parainfluenza virus 4aHPIV4a; HPIV4b; human parainfluenza virus 4b; Orthorubulavirus hominis | Paramyxoviridae | V — (−)ssRNA | Orthorubulavirus hominis | Human infection recorded; pattern not classified | Not searched yet |
| Lángyá virusLayV; Parahenipavirus langyaense | Paramyxoviridae | V — (−)ssRNA | Parahenipavirus langyaense | Human infection recorded; pattern not classified | Not searched yet |
| Measles virusMeV; Morbillivirus hominis | Paramyxoviridae | V — (−)ssRNA | Morbillivirus hominis | Human infection recorded; pattern not classified | Vaccine: Approved |
| Mumps virusMuV; Orthorubulavirus parotitidis | Paramyxoviridae | V — (−)ssRNA | Orthorubulavirus parotitidis | Human infection recorded; pattern not classified | Vaccine: Approved |
| Nipah virusNiV; Nipah henipavirus; Nipah-virus; Henipavirus nipahense | Paramyxoviridae | V — (−)ssRNA | Henipavirus nipahense | Human infection recorded; pattern not classified | Not searched yet |
| Parainfluenza virus 5PIV5; Orthorubulavirus mammalis | Paramyxoviridae | V — (−)ssRNA | Orthorubulavirus mammalis | Human infection recorded; pattern not classified | Not searched yet |
| Sosuga virusSOSV; Sosuga rubulavirus; Sosuga pararubulavirus; Pararubulavirus sosugaense | Paramyxoviridae | V — (−)ssRNA | Pararubulavirus sosugaense | Human infection recorded; pattern not classified | Not searched yet |
Countermeasures across this family
Vaccines, antivirals and antibodies have not been searched for this family yet. When they are, this section will carry the family-level summary that makes broad-spectrum candidates visible. It is empty because the work is outstanding, not because nothing exists.