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Nipah virus

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Nip·ah virus (np)
n.
A single-stranded RNA virus that is transmitted from animals and causes fever and myalgias that can progress to encephalitis in humans.
Nipah virus
a respiratory disease of pigs caused by a paramyxovirus in the genus Henipavirus; is related to Hendra virus; transmitted from bats and is zoonotic causing a fatal encephalitis in humans.
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Byline: ANI Washington, Oct 31 (ANI): A novel antibody treatment may spell the end of the deadly Nipah virus and the related Hendra virus, according to a new study.
Major advance in human antibody therapy against deadly Nipah virus by Asian News International
The etiologic agent, Nipah virus (NiV; family Paramyxoviridae, genus Henipavirus), is believed to have entered pig populations in Perak state, central Malaysia, from a fruit-bat reservoir (2) before spreading by transport of pigs among farms.
Nipah virus infection in dogs, Malaysia, 1999 by Mills, James N.; Alim, Asiah N.M.; Bunning, Michel L.; Lee, Ong Bee; Wagoner, Kent D.; Amman, Brian / Emerging Infectious Diseases
In Malaysia in 1999, more than 100 people died of a form of encephalitis that was traced to the Nipah virus.
Epidemics: Scientists to hunt down new viruses before they strike by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk
 
 
 
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