noun

• Any of a group of paramyxoviruses which causes measles, rinderpest, and canine distemper.

  ‘Measles is a highly contagious respiratory infection caused by the morbillivirus.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘The cause was also reported to be a morbillivirus, but the infection may have spread so widely because the animals' immune systems were compromised by pollutants.’
  • ‘Morbillivirus infections which were not documented in aquatic mammals until 1988,’
  • ‘Morbillivirus is a type of virus that causes serious disease in several species of animals and in people.’