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Also known as '''''Porcine Respiratory and Neurological syndrome — Barking Pig syndrome'''''
Also known as '''''Porcine Respiratory and Neurological syndrome — Barking Pig syndrome'''''
Nipah virus effects pigs and has caused death in pigs and over two hundred humans, therefore making it a '''zoonotic''' disease. The disease is transmitted from excrement, semen, urine or saliva of bats and it is thought that virus shedding from the bats increases in times of stress, such as destruction of their habitat or illness. Pigs are infected with the disease causing a severe respiratory and neurological signs in these animals. In pigs, the disease is transmitted by aerosol from coughing. Humans can contract the disease from direct contact with pigs and thus most people that have died from the disease are farmers, abattoir workers or veterinarians. More unneccessary deaths occurred in humans when infected pigs were shot (as authorities thought the disease was spread by insects) and humans were exposed to pig blood.
Nipah virus effects pigs and has caused death in pigs and over two hundred humans, therefore making it a '''zoonotic''' disease. The disease is transmitted from excrement, semen, urine or saliva of bats and it is thought that virus shedding from the bats increases in times of stress, such as destruction of their habitat or illness. Pigs are infected with the disease causing a severe respiratory and neurological signs in these animals. In pigs, the disease is transmitted by aerosol from coughing. Humans can contract the disease from direct contact with pigs and thus most people that have died from the disease are farmers, abattoir workers or veterinarians. More unneccessary deaths occurred in humans when infected pigs were shot (as authorities thought the disease was spread by insects) and humans were exposed to pig blood.
It is antigenically related to [[Hendra Virus|Hendra virus]], with which it shares ~90% amino acid homology. Both viruses have been classified in a new genus, Henipavirus, in the subfamily Paramyxovirinae, family Paramyxoviridae.
== Clinical Signs ==
== Clinical Signs ==
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[[Category:Morbilliviruses]] [[Category:Pig_Viruses]] [[Category:Respiratory Diseases - Pig]][[Category:Neurological Diseases - Pig]][[Category:Zoonoses]] [[Category:Expert_Review - Farm Animal]]
[[Category:Morbilliviruses]] [[Category:Pig_Viruses]] [[Category:Respiratory Diseases - Pig]][[Category:Neurological Diseases - Pig]][[Category:Zoonoses]] [[Category:Expert_Review - Farm Animal]]