ICD-11 classes
01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
Certain zoonotic viral diseases
1D63 — Henipavirus encephalitis

ICD-11 1D63 — Henipavirus encephalitis

Acute bat-borne disease characterised by fever and headaches. The disease may progress to drowsiness, disorientation, mental confusion, and finally encephalitis (brain swelling) in less than a week. This progression may occur with or without an acute respiratory distress component. The incubation period ranges from 4 to 14 days. Lethality is high.

The diagnosis includes nothing.

The diagnosis excludes nothing.

It has no clarifying diagnoses.