Nipah virus, scientific name Nipah henipavirus, is a virus that causes Nipah virus infection in humans and other animals, a disease with a high mortality rate. Numerous disease outbreaks caused by Nipah virus have occurred in South and Southeast Asia. Nipah virus belongs to the genus Henipavirus along with the Hendra virus, which has also caused disease outbreaks.
| Nipah henipavirus | |
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| False-color electron micrograph showing a Nipah virus particle (purple) by an infected Vero cell (brown) | |
Virus classification | |
| (unranked): | Virus |
| Realm: | Riboviria |
| Kingdom: | Orthornavirae |
| Phylum: | Negarnaviricota |
| Class: | Monjiviricetes |
| Order: | Mononegavirales |
| Family: | Paramyxoviridae |
| Genus: | Henipavirus |
| Species: | Nipah henipavirus |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nipah_virus
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