Nip·ah virus (n p  )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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