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arenavirus
Epidemiology:
rodent-borne enveloped RNA virus
Two serogroups or complexes recognized:
1) LCMV-LASV complex or Old World arenaviruses
2) Tacaribe (TACV complex or New World arenaviruses)
Laboratory:
- Arenavirus RNA
Related
arenavirus-associated viral hemorrhagic fever syndrome
viral hemorrhagic fever syndrome; hemorrhagic nephroso-nephritis
Specific
Lassa fever virus
Lujo virus
lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV)
South American hemorrhagic fever virus
Whitewater Arroyo virus
General
arenaviridae
Properties
KINGDOM: virus
GENOME-TYPE: RNA
SINGLE-STRANDED
NEGATIVE-STRAND
CIRCULAR
GENOME-SIZE: 10-14 kB
ENVELOPE: PRESENT
CAPSID-SYMMETRY: HELICAL
References
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ICTV
- Byrd et al. MMWR 49:709-11, 2000