TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Paramyxoviruses and Rubella Virus A1 - Carroll, Karen C. A1 - Hobden, Jeffery A. A1 - Miller, Steve A1 - Morse, Stephen A. A1 - Mietzner, Timothy A. A1 - Detrick, Barbara A1 - Mitchell, Thomas G. A1 - McKerrow, James H. A1 - Sakanari, Judy A. PY - 2019 T2 - Jawetz, Melnick, & Adelberg’s Medical Microbiology, 27e AB - The paramyxoviruses include the most important agents of respiratory infections of infants and young children ­(respiratory syncytial virus [RSV] and the parainfluenza viruses) as well as the causative agents of two of the most ­common contagious diseases of childhood (mumps and ­measles). The World Health Organization estimates that acute respiratory infections and pneumonia are responsible every year worldwide for the deaths of 4 million children younger than 5 years. Paramyxoviruses are the major ­respiratory pathogens in this age group. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accesspharmacy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1114737859 ER -