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Hendra virus

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Hen·dra virus (hndr)
n.
A paramyxovirus that causes encephalitis in humans and is transmitted from animals.
Hendra virus
the cause of a highly fatal respiratory virus disease of horses. A paramyxovirus in the genus Henipavirus, related to Nipah virus, that is transmitted from bats and is zoonotic causing a highly fatal but rare infection in humans.
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