Nipah virus
noun/ˈniːpə vaɪrəs/
/ˈniːpə vaɪrəs/
[uncountable]- a virus carried by fruit bats, which can cause a serious disease in humans and pigsTopics Health problemsc2Word Origin1990s: from the name of the village of Sungai Nipah in Malaysia, where the virus was first isolated.
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