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arenavirus

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Noun1.arenavirus - animal viruses belonging to the family Arenaviridae
Junin virus - the RNA virus that causes Argentine hemorrhagic fever; carried by rats and mice
Lassa virus - the RNA virus that causes Lassa fever
lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus - the RNA virus that causes lymphocytic choriomeningitis; infects mice and monkeys and dogs and guinea pigs and human beings
Machupo virus - the RNA virus that causes Bolivian hemorrhagic fever; carried by rats and mice
Arenaviridae - a family of arborviruses carried by arthropods
animal virus - an animal pathogen that is a virus

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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).
The first reported case of Lassa fever, caused by infection with an arenavirus, was described in a pregnant patient.
Lassa fever is a viral hemorrhagic fever caused by a rodentborne arenavirus that is endemic in West Africa.
 
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