1. The document discusses two paramyxoviruses: measles and mumps. 2. Measles virus causes a fever and rash that begins on the forehead and spreads to the rest of the body. While measles itself does not directly kill, it can lead to secondary infections like pneumonia that do cause death. 3. Mumps virus causes painful swelling of the parotid glands, making it difficult to chew or swallow. Symptoms last about a week and are generally more severe in individuals past puberty. There is no vaccine for mumps, but it can be treated with ribavirin. Frequent hand washing can help decrease spread of the virus.

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Presented by:
Numair Ahmad,Faisal Muneer
Indus International University
Bs-Microbiology 6th
semester

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• Helical,and enveloped
• Multiply in cytoplasm
• Ss-ve sense linear and non segmented,
• Rna is present in it
Classification of Paramyxoviruses
• 150 to 300 nm in diameter

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5. Paramyxovirus has various attachment proteins all
over the capsid that stick out as spikes. Theses spikes bind
to the sialic acid that is present on the surface of most
human tissue cells and especially on blood cells. These
proteins also facilitate the virus’s entrance into the cell.
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6. Measles
Mumps
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Symptoms
Begins with fever, runny nose, cough, red weepy eyes
Fine rash appears within a few days
Appears first on forehead, then spreads to rest of body
Symptoms generally disappear within 1 week
Many cases complicated by secondary infections
Pneumonia and earaches are most common secondary
conditions
Measles does not kill; instead, it leads to secondary infections
that do kill
Measles

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Causative Agent
Mumps virus
Member of the Paramyxoviridae family
Enveloped
Single stranded RNA genome
Symptoms
Early symptoms
Fever with loss of appetite and headache
Later symptoms
Painful swelling of one or both parotid glands and spasms
Usually makes it difficult to chew and swallow
Symptoms disappear in about a week
Symptoms much more severe in individuals past puberty

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Frequent hand
washing and not
sharing items such
as cups, glasses,
and utensils with an
infected person
should decrease the
spread of virus to
others.

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Treatment
with
Ribavirin
No Vaccine
to date.

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