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arenavirus /are·na·vi·rus/ (ah-re´nah-vi″rus) any virus of the family Arenaviridae.
Arenavirus /Are·na·vi·rus/ (ah-re´nah-vi″rus) arenaviruses; a genus of viruses of the family Arenaviridae that includes lymphocytic choriomeningitic (LCM) virus, Lassa virus, and viruses of the Tacaribe complex.
Ar·e·na·vi·rus (r-n-vrs, -rn-)
n.
The single genus of viruses in the family Arenaviridae that includes the viruses that cause lymphocytic choriomeningitis and Lassa fever.

Arenavirus
[er′inəvī′rəs]
a genus of viruses usually transmitted to humans by contact with or inhalation of aerosolized excreta of wild rodents. Individual arenaviruses are identified with specific geographic areas, such as Bolivian hemorrhagic fever in one river valley in Bolivia; Lassa fever in Nigeria, Liberia, and Sierra Leone; and Argentine hemorrhagic fever in two agricultural provinces in Argentina. Arenavirus infections are characterized by slow onset, fever, muscle pain, rash, petechiae, hemorrhage, delirium, hypotension, and ulcers of the mouth. Some arenaviruses are associated with secondary person-to-person infection. Treatment is supportive; there is no specific antimicrobial agent or vaccine. Fluid and electrolyte balance, rest, and adequate nutrition are the goals of treatment.

arenavirus [ah-re´nah-vi″rus]
any member of a family of spherical or pleomorphic RNA viruses containing host cell–derived ribonucleoproteins, including viruses that cause lassa fever and lymphocytic choriomeningitis; the natural hosts are rodents.

arenavirus
a virus in the family arenaviridae.

Arenavirus
Virology The single genus of the family Arenaviridae, which includes Lassa virus, lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus and hemorrhagic fever—eg Junin, Machupo—viruses Vector Rodents. See Arenaviridae.


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The 53-year-old man, who died Tuesday in Rio de Janeiro, had an operation in mid-October at a Johannesburg hospital which treated several cases of a new arenavirus strain which killed four people.
Further testing on tissue samples from the three patients confirmed a new type of arenavirus, a family of mainly rodent viruses that occasionally affect humans.
 
 
 
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