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