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SUBMITTER: Sun B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6235768 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Virologica Sinica 20181011 5
Nipah virus (NiV), a zoonotic paramyxovirus belonging to the genus Henipavirus, is classified as a Biosafety Level-4 pathogen based on its high pathogenicity in humans and the lack of available vaccines or therapeutics. Since its initial emergence in 1998 in Malaysia, this virus has become a great threat to domestic animals and humans. Sporadic outbreaks and person-to-person transmission over the past two decades have resulted in hundreds of human fatalities. Epidemiological surveys have shown t ...[more]