Virus
nipah virus
Subclass of:
Henipavirus
Definitions related to nipah virus:
  • A species of enveloped and pleomorphic viruses in the Paramyxoviridae family and Henipavirus genus. The genome is composed of non-segmented, negative-sense, single-stranded RNA. Nipah viruses are found naturally in Pteropid fruit bats, and are zoonotic pathogens in domestic animals (mainly in pigs) and humans. Nipah viruses cause respiratory diseases, relapse and fatal encephalitis in humans.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • 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.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Any viral organism that can be assigned to the species Nipah virus.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
  • 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 are the natural host.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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