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Pneumovirus
Definition 1
A genus of enveloped, spherical viruses in the family Paramyxoviridae. The genome is composed of a linear single-strand of negative sense RNA. Pneumoviruses are found in human, cattle and rodents and cause disease of the respiratory tract in humans. (NCI Thesaurus)
Definition 2
Any viral organism that can be assigned to the genus Pneumovirus. (NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
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