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Killer Virus 'From Paramyxoviridae Family'

Posted by timothy on Tuesday March 18, 2003 @02:40PM from the bad-family dept.

texchanchan writes "Yahoo story about the microbe that's been killing world travelers being isolated and identified as a 'paramyxoviridae' virus (not a bacterium. Simple page on the difference.) Here are pictures of similar viruses (Rinderpest, ugh! sounds as bad as anthrax) from the Big Picture Book of Viruses."

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Is it possible to vaccinate for this? by windows · 2003-03-18 16:43 · Score: 3, Interesting

It's my understanding that this same family of viruses is responsible for measles and mumps in humans and distemper in dogs. For a little information about this virus, check here. All of those have vaccines for them. So would it be possible to prepare a vaccine for this virus, too?