"Nipah Virus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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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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2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Nipah Virus" by people in Profiles.
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Liu Q, Stone JA, Bradel-Tretheway B, Dabundo J, Benavides Montano JA, Santos-Montanez J, Biering SB, Nicola AV, Iorio RM, Lu X, Aguilar HC. Unraveling a three-step spatiotemporal mechanism of triggering of receptor-induced Nipah virus fusion and cell entry. PLoS Pathog. 2013; 9(11):e1003770.
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Zhu Q, Biering SB, Mirza AM, Grasseschi BA, Mahon PJ, Lee B, Aguilar HC, Iorio RM. Individual N-glycans added at intervals along the stalk of the Nipah virus G protein prevent fusion but do not block the interaction with the homologous F protein. J Virol. 2013 Mar; 87(6):3119-29.
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Aguilar HC, Iorio RM. Henipavirus membrane fusion and viral entry. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol. 2012; 359:79-94.
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Mirza AM, Aguilar HC, Zhu Q, Mahon PJ, Rota PA, Lee B, Iorio RM. Triggering of the newcastle disease virus fusion protein by a chimeric attachment protein that binds to Nipah virus receptors. J Biol Chem. 2011 May 20; 286(20):17851-60.
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McGinnes LW, Pantua H, Laliberte JP, Gravel KA, Jain S, Morrison TG. Assembly and biological and immunological properties of Newcastle disease virus-like particles. J Virol. 2010 May; 84(9):4513-23.