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... > Viruses > RNA Viruses > Negative-Sense RNA Viruses > Mononegavirales > Paramyxoviridae > Paramyxovirinae > Henipavirus > Nipah Virus

Preferred term

Nipah Virus  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Nipah henipavirus
  • Nipah henipaviruses

Note

  • infection: coordinate IM with HENIPAVIRUS INFECTIONS (IM)

Scope note

  • A species of HENIPAVIRUS, closely related to HENDRA VIRUS, which emerged in Peninsular Malaysia in 1998. It causes a severe febrile VIRAL ENCEPHALITIS in humans and also encephalitis and RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS in pigs. Fruit bats (PTEROPUS) are the natural host.

History note

  • 2004; use PARAMYXOVIRINAE 2000-2003

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D045405

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