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Viruses > RNA Viruses > Negative-Sense RNA Viruses > Arenaviridae

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Arenaviridae  

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Entry terms

  • Mammarenavirus
  • Mammarenaviruses
  • Reptarenavirus
  • Reptarenaviruses

Note

  • infection = ARENAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS

Scope note

  • A family of RNA viruses naturally infecting rodents and consisting of one genus (ARENAVIRUS) with two groups: Old World Arenaviruses (ARENAVIRUSES, OLD WORLD) and New World Arenaviruses (ARENAVIRUSES, NEW WORLD). Infection in rodents is persistent and silent. Vertical transmission is through milk-, saliva-, or urine-borne routes. Horizontal transmission to humans, monkeys, and other animals is important.

History note

  • 81; was ARENAVIRUSES 1978-80

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D001116

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