Nipah virus, scientific name Nipah henipavirus, is a bat-borne virus that causes Nipah virus infection in humans and other animals, a disease with a high mortality rate.
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12 Facts About Nipah virus
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Nipah virus belongs to the genus Henipavirus along with the Hendra virus, which has caused disease outbreaks.
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The enveloped Nipah virus particles are variable in shape, and can be filamentous or spherical; they contain a helical nucleocapsid.
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Infective Nipah virus has been isolated from environmental samples of bat urine and partially eaten fruit in Malaysia.
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The Nipah virus has been classified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as a Category C agent.
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Nipah virus is one of several viruses identified by WHO as a likely cause of a future epidemic in a new plan developed after the Ebola epidemic for urgent research and development before and during an epidemic toward new diagnostic tests, vaccines and medicines.
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Transmission of Nipah virus from flying foxes to pigs is thought to be due to an increasing overlap between bat habitats and piggeries in peninsular Malaysia.
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The highest mortality due to Nipah virus infection has occurred in Bangladesh, where outbreaks are typically seen in winter.
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Nipah virus first appeared in 1998, in peninsular Malaysia in pigs and pig farmers.
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In 2001, Nipah virus was reported from Meherpur District, Bangladesh and Siliguri, India.
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