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Henipah Viruses

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Name of Virus: Henipah (Nipah – Hendra)

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Fraire, A.E., Zaki, S.R. (2014). Henipah Viruses. In: Fraire, A., Woda, B., Welsh, R., Kradin, R. (eds) Viruses and the Lung. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40605-8_14

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