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Preferred term

Arenaviruses, New World  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • American Hemorrhagic Fever Virus
  • Hemorrhagic Fever Viruses, American
  • New World Arenaviruses
  • Tacaribe Complex Viruses

Note

  • infection: coordinate with probably HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, AMERICAN; otherwise coordinate with ARENAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS

Scope note

  • One of two groups of viruses in the ARENAVIRUS genus and considered part of the New World complex. It includes JUNIN VIRUS; PICHINDE VIRUS; Amapari virus, and Machupo virus among others. They are the cause of human hemorrhagic fevers mostly in Central and South America.

History note

  • 2002 (1973)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D006477

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