Nipah virus
Sign in to saveNipah virus is a bat-borne, zoonotic virus that causes Nipah virus infection in humans and other animals, a disease with a very high case fatality rate (40–75%). Numerous disease outbreaks caused by the Nipah virus have occurred in India, Malaysia, and Singapore. Nipah virus belongs to the genus Henipavirus along with the Hendra virus, which has also caused disease outbreaks.
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1,842 papers- Nipah Virus: A Multidimensional Update.Viruses · 2024
- Nipah virus infection: A review.Epidemiology and infection · 2019
- Nipah virus: pathogenesis, genome, diagnosis, and treatment.Applied microbiology and biotechnology · 2025
- Nipah Virus Infection.Journal of clinical microbiology · 2018
- Molecular Pathogenesis of Nipah Virus.Applied biochemistry and biotechnology · 2023
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- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Henipavirus
- Named after
- Nypa fruticans
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- Henipavirus structure.svg
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Nipah virus (Henipavirus nipahense) is a bat-borne, zoonotic virus that causes Nipah virus infection in humans and other animals, a disease with a very high case fatality rate (40–75%). Numerous disease outbreaks caused by the Nipah virus have occurred in India, Malaysia, and Singapore. Nipah virus belongs to the genus Henipavirus along with the Hendra virus, which has also caused disease outbreaks.
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