Nipah virus disease
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Also known as Nipah encephalitisNipah feverNipah virus infectious disease
Summary
Nipah virus disease (MONDO:0020499) is a disease. A subtype of henipavirus infectious disease — broader associated-gene and molecular evidence is on the parent page (see Disease family below).
At a glance
- Prevalence: <1 / 1 000 000 (Worldwide) [Orphanet-validated]
- Phenotypes (HPO): 17
Clinical features
Epidemiology
Prevalence records
2 prevalence record(s), Orphanet:
| Type | Class | Value | Geography | Validation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases/families | 556 | Worldwide | Validated | |
| Point prevalence | <1 / 1 000 000 | Worldwide | Validated |
Signs & symptoms
Clinical features (HPO)
17 HPO clinical features (Orphanet curated; top 17 by frequency):
| HPO ID | Term | Frequency |
|---|---|---|
| HP:0001945 | Fever | Very frequent (80-99%) |
| HP:0002017 | Nausea and vomiting | Very frequent (80-99%) |
| HP:0002039 | Anorexia | Very frequent (80-99%) |
| HP:0002315 | Headache | Very frequent (80-99%) |
| HP:0003326 | Myalgia | Very frequent (80-99%) |
| HP:0012378 | Fatigue | Very frequent (80-99%) |
| HP:0100776 | Recurrent pharyngitis | Very frequent (80-99%) |
| HP:0001250 | Seizure | Frequent (30-79%) |
| HP:0001336 | Myoclonus | Frequent (30-79%) |
| HP:0001337 | Tremor | Frequent (30-79%) |
| HP:0002321 | Vertigo | Frequent (30-79%) |
| HP:0002383 | Infectious encephalitis | Frequent (30-79%) |
| HP:0000751 | Personality changes | Occasional (5-29%) |
| HP:0001259 | Coma | Occasional (5-29%) |
| HP:0002098 | Respiratory distress | Occasional (5-29%) |
| HP:0002615 | Hypotension | Occasional (5-29%) |
| HP:0012735 | Cough | Occasional (5-29%) |
Identifiers
Disease identifiers
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Canonical name | Nipah virus disease |
| Mondo ID | MONDO:0020499 |
| Orphanet | 99825 |
| DOID | DOID:0050192 |
| UMLS | C1320202 |
| MedGen | 728863 |
| GARD | 0019689 |
| Is cancer (heuristic) | no |
Also known as: Nipah encephalitis · Nipah fever · Nipah virus infectious disease
Disease family
Classification path: disease › human disease › disease by etiologic mechanism › disease of primarily extrinsic mechanism › infectious disease › viral infectious disease › primary viral infectious disease › Mononegavirales infectious disease › Paramyxoviridae infectious disease › henipavirus infectious disease › Nipah virus disease
Genetics & variants
GWAS landscape
No GWAS associations recorded — common-variant (GWAS) studies don’t cover this disease (typical for Mendelian / rare diseases). See the curated gene cohort and Mendelian overlap below.
Variant details and genetic-evidence tiers
No tiered GWAS variants or ClinVar records for this disease.
Genes & proteins
No associated-gene cohort resolved for this disease. Atlas builds the molecular and therapeutic sections — associated genes, protein families, druggability, pathways, interactions, and drug associations — by aggregating over a disease’s associated genes (resolved via GWAS / GenCC / ClinVar / CIViC), and none resolved here. This is expected for antibody-mediated, autoimmune, or otherwise non-gene-defined conditions; the curated evidence for this disease is its clinical features, GWAS susceptibility, and clinical trials (above).
Function
No pathway enrichment — requires an associated-gene cohort.
Therapeutics
No druggable-target or therapeutic data for this disease’s cohort.
Clinical trials & evidence
Clinical trials
Clinical trials: 0.
Related Atlas pages
No linked Atlas pages yet — the cross-entity mesh grows as the corpus expands.