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Definition of Nipah virus noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Nipah virus

noun

/ˈniːpə vaɪrəs/

/ˈniːpə vaɪrəs/

[uncountable]

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a virus carried by fruit bats, which can cause a serious disease in humans and pigsTopics Health problemsc2
Word Origin1990s: from the name of the village of Sungai Nipah in Malaysia, where the virus was first isolated.

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