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MeSH Heading: Nipah Virus
Tree Number(s): B04.820.480.937.600.650.400.550
Unique ID: D045405
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D045405
Annotation: infection: coordinate IM with HENIPAVIRUS INFECTIONS (IM)
Scope Note: 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.
Registry Number: txid121791
Previous Indexing: Paramyxovirinae (1999-2003)
Public MeSH Note: 2004; see PARAMYXOVIRINAE 2000-2003
History Note: 2004; use PARAMYXOVIRINAE 2000-2003
Date Established: 2004/01/01
Date of Entry: 2003/07/09
Revision Date: 2020/08/13

Allowable Qualifiers: chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

drug effects (DE)

enzymology (EN)

genetics (GE)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pathogenicity (PY)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

ultrastructure (UL)

Nipah Virus MeSH Descriptor Data 2023