Classification

CLASSIFICATION

Baltimore group

Group V – Negative sense RNA viruses

Order Mononegavirales
Family Paramyxoviridae
Subfamily Paramyxovirinae
Genus Morbilli virus
Species Canine Distemper Virus (CDV))
  • Canine distemper virus (CDV) belongs to genus Morbillivirus within the Paramyxoviridae family, which includes other viruses such as: phocine distemper virus, dolphin morbillivirus, rinderpest virus, peste-des-petits-ruminants virus and measles virus.
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