The new drug compound that could treat measles outbreaks – and other viruses Researchers developed a highly-tolerable oral antiviral against orthoparamyxoviruses like measles and human parainfluenza virus types 1 and 3. Written byAllison Whitten, PhD

https://www.drugdiscoverynews.com/the-new-drug-compound-that-could-treat-measles-outbreaks-and-other-viruses-17203 The viruses that make up the orthoparamyxovirus subfamily — which includes the reemerging measles virus, the highly-lethal Nipah virus, and human parainfluenza virus types 1 and 3 (HPIV1 and HPIV3) that cause high mortality in vulnerable stem cell transplant patients — are extremely contagious and largely have no approved antiviral treatments.