Concept information
Preferred term
Nipah Virus
Type
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Definition
- 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.
Broader concept
Entry terms
- txid121791
Allowable Qualifier(s)
- chemistry (Qualifier)
- classification (Qualifier)
- drug effects (Qualifier)
- enzymology (Qualifier)
- genetics (Qualifier)
- growth & development (Qualifier)
- immunology (Qualifier)
- isolation & purification (Qualifier)
- metabolism (Qualifier)
- pathogenicity (Qualifier)
- physiology (Qualifier)
- radiation effects (Qualifier)
- ultrastructure (Qualifier)
In other languages
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French
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Nipah virus
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txid121791
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Virus de Nipah
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-BPZRWMCG-9
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