"Nipah Virus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D045405
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B04.820.455.600.650.400.550 B04.909.777.455.600.650.400.550
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| Concept/Terms |
Nipah Virus- Nipah Virus
- Nipah Viruses
- Virus, Nipah
- Viruses, Nipah
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