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Scientific Name Nipah virus
Comments This transmission electron micrograph (TEM) depicted a number of Nipah virus virions that had been isolated from a patient's cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) specimen. Nipah virus is a member of the family Paramyxoviridae, and is related, but not identical to Hendra virus. Nipah virus was initially isolated in 1999 upon examining samples from an outbreak of encephalitis and respiratory illness among adult men in Malaysia and Singapore.
Creator Cynthia Goldsmith
Specimen Condition Dead Specimen
Source Collection Public Health Image Library (Centers for Disease Control)
Image Use This media file is in the Public Domain.
Attached to Group Paramyxoviridae (Single-stranded Negative Sense RNA Viruses): view page image collection
Title 8948_lores.jpg
Image Type Photograph
Image Content Specimen(s)
ID 15816
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