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arenavirus

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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
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 Old World arenavirus Lassa virus causes up to 300,000 cases of Lassa fever annually in endemic foci of 2 geographically disjunct regions of West Africa (1).
Mastomys natalensis and Lassa fever, West Africa by ter Meulen, Jan / Emerging Infectious Diseases
The first reported case of Lassa fever, caused by infection with an arenavirus, was described in a pregnant patient.
Emerging infections and pregnancy by Rasmussen, Sonja A. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
Lassa fever is a viral hemorrhagic fever caused by a rodentborne arenavirus that is endemic in West Africa.
Historical Lassa fever reports and 30-year clinical update by Wolfe, Martin S. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
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