KEGG   DISEASE: Henipavirus infection
Entry
H00391                      Disease                                
Name
Henipavirus infection
  Subgroup
Hendra virus infection [DS:H01538]
Nipah virus infection [DS:H01539]
Description
Hendra virus and Nipah virus are members of a new genus, Henipavirus, in the emerging family Paramyxoviridae. They are bat-borne paramyxoviruses which are responsible for severe disease with high mortality rates (50-100%).
Category
Viral infectious disease
Brite
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
 01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
  Certain zoonotic viral diseases
   1D63  Henipavirus encephalitis
    H00391  Henipavirus infection
Genome-based classification of infectious diseases [BR:br08401]
 Viral infections
  Infections caused by -ssRNA viruses
   H00391  Henipavirus infection
Pathogen
Hendra virus [GN:T40046]
Nipah virus [GN:T40047]
Comment
Vector: Pteropus bats (flying foxex)
Other DBs
ICD-11: 1D63
MeSH: D045464
Reference
PMID:22483665
  Authors
Marsh GA, Wang LF
  Title
Hendra and Nipah viruses: why are they so deadly?
  Journal
Curr Opin Virol 2:242-7 (2012)
DOI:10.1016/j.coviro.2012.03.006
Reference
PMID:21488828
  Authors
Vigant F, Lee B
  Title
Hendra and nipah infection: pathology, models and potential therapies.
  Journal
Infect Disord Drug Targets 11:315-36 (2011)
DOI:10.2174/187152611795768097
Reference
PMID:22482714
  Authors
Broder CC
  Title
Henipavirus outbreaks to antivirals: the current status of potential therapeutics.
  Journal
Curr Opin Virol 2:176-87 (2012)
DOI:10.1016/j.coviro.2012.02.016
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