"Nipah Virus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D045405
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B04.820.455.600.650.400.550
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| Concept/Terms |
Nipah Virus- Nipah Virus
- Nipah Viruses
- Virus, Nipah
- Viruses, Nipah
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| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Nipah Virus" by people in Profiles.
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Discovery and Genomic Characterization of a Novel Henipavirus, Angavokely Virus, from Fruit Bats in Madagascar. J Virol. 2022 09 28; 96(18):e0092122.
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Monomeric ephrinB2 binding induces allosteric changes in Nipah virus G that precede its full activation. Nat Commun. 2017 10 03; 8(1):781.
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Antagonism of the phosphatase PP1 by the measles virus V protein is required for innate immune escape of MDA5. Cell Host Microbe. 2014 Jul 09; 16(1):19-30.
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The role of landscape composition and configuration on Pteropus giganteus roosting ecology and Nipah virus spillover risk in Bangladesh. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2014 Feb; 90(2):247-55.