Kwayar cutar ta Nipah cuta ce ta kwayar cuta wacce kwayar Nipah ke haifarwa. Alamomin kamuwa da cuta sun bambanta daga babu zuwa zazzabi, tari, ciwon kai, ƙarancin numfashi, da rudani. Wannan na iya ƙara tsanantawa zuwa suma sama da kwana ɗaya ko biyu. Matsalolin na iya haɗawa da kumburin kwakwalwa da kamewa bayan murmurewa. Kwayar cutar Nipah (NiV) wani nau'in kwayar cutar RNA ce a cikin kwayar halittar Henipavirus. Kwayar cutar tana yaduwa a tsakanin takamaiman nau'ikan jemagu na 'ya'yan itace. Yana iya yaduwa tsakanin mutane da kuma daga sauran dabbobi zuwa mutane. Yadawa yawanci yana buƙatar lamba kai tsaye tare da tushen kamuwa da cuta. Bincike ya dogara ne akan alamomi kuma an tabbatar da shi ta hanyar gwajin dakin gwaje-gwaje. Gudanarwa ya ƙunshi kulawar tallafi. Tun daga 2018 babu wani maganin rigakafi ko takamaiman magani. Rigakafin shine ta hanyar gujewa kamuwa da jemagu da aladu marasa lafiya da rashin shan danyen dabino. Ya zuwa watan Mayun 2018 kimanin mutane 700 na cutar Nipah an kiyasta sun faru kuma kashi 50 zuwa 75 na wadanda suka kamu da cutar sun mutu.