arenavirus

Epidemiology

rodent-borne enveloped RNA virus

Two serogroups or complexes recognized:

• LCMV-LASV complex or Old World arenaviruses
• Tacaribe (TACV complex or New World arenaviruses)

Laboratory

• Arenavirus RNA

More general terms

• arenaviridae

More specific terms

• Lassa fever virus
• Lujo virus
• lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV)
• South American hemorrhagic fever virus
• Whitewater Arroyo virus

Additional terms

• arenavirus-associated viral hemorrhagic fever syndrome
• viral hemorrhagic fever syndrome; hemorrhagic nephroso-nephritis