Nipah virus

Not to be confused with Nepovirus. Further information on the disease caused by the virus: Nipah virus infection

Nipah virus
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:
Henipavirus nipahense

Nipah virus (Henipavirus nipahense) is a bat-borne, zoonotic virus that causes Nipah virus infection in humans and other animals, a disease with a very high case fatality rate (40–75%). Numerous disease outbreaks caused by Nipah virus have occurred in India, Malaysia and Singapore. Nipah virus belongs to the genus Henipavirus along with the Hendra virus, which has also caused disease outbreaks.

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