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.
Mumps facts. 1  Mumps is a highly contagious viral infection with an incubation period of 14-18 days from exposure to onset of symptoms. 2  The duration of the disease is approximately 10 days. 3  The initial symptoms of mumps infection are nonspecific (low-grade fever, malaise, headache, muscle aches, and loss of appetite).