What is it? Scientific Name: Phascolarctos cinereus . Common Name: Koala, koala bear, native bear. Domain: Eukarya Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Infraclass: Marsupialia Order: Diprotodontia Family: Phascolarctidae
Mumps virus. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Mumps virus is the causative agent of mumps, a well-known common childhood disease characterised by swelling of the parotid glands, salivary glands and other epithelial tissues, causing high morbidity and in some cases more serious complications such as deafness.he mumps virus belongs to the genus Rubulavirus in the family Paramyxovirus and is seen to have a roughly spherical, enveloped morphology of about 200 nm in diameter.
1 Mumps virus causes fever, headache, muscle pain, loss of appetite, and swollen glands. 2  It can lead to deafness, meningitis (infection of the brain and spinal cord covering), painful swelling of the testicles or ovaries, and rarely sterility.3  Rubella virus causes rash, arthritis (mostly in women), and mild fever. Measles virus causes rash, cough, runny nose, eye irritation, and fever. 2  It can lead to ear infection, pneumonia, seizures (jerking and staring), brain damage, and death. 3  Mumps virus causes fever, headache, muscle pain, loss of appetite, and swollen glands.