Nipah Virus

"Nipah Virus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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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
MeSH Number(s)	B04.820.455.600.650.400.550
Concept/Terms	Nipah Virus Nipah Virus Nipah Viruses Virus, Nipah Viruses, Nipah

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Organisms [B]
Viruses [B04]
RNA Viruses [B04.820]
Mononegavirales [B04.820.455]
Paramyxoviridae [B04.820.455.600]
Paramyxovirinae [B04.820.455.600.650]
Henipavirus [B04.820.455.600.650.400]
Nipah Virus [B04.820.455.600.650.400.550]

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