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Junin virus

Etiologic agent of Argentine hemorrhagic fever Epidemiology: - vector is the corn mouse Genetics: - negative sense ssRNA (2) Laboratory: - Junin virus serology

General

South American hemorrhagic fever virus

Properties

KINGDOM: virus GENOME-TYPE: RNA SINGLE-STRANDED NEGATIVE-STRAND CIRCULAR GENOME-SIZE: 10-14 kB ENVELOPE: PRESENT CAPSID-SYMMETRY: HELICAL

References

  1. Wikipedia: Junin virus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junin_virus