"Arenaviruses, New World" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D006477
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B04.820.057.070.800
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| Concept/Terms |
Arenaviruses, New World- Arenaviruses, New World
- Tacaribe Complex Viruses
- New World Arenaviruses
- American Hemorrhagic Fever Virus
- Hemorrhagic Fever Viruses, American
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Arenaviruses, New World" by people in Profiles.
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Clinical laboratory, virologic, and pathologic changes in hamsters experimentally infected with Pirital virus (Arenaviridae): a rodent model of Lassa fever. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2006 Jun; 74(6):1096-102.
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Pirital virus (Arenaviridae) infection in the syrian golden hamster, Mesocricetus auratus: a new animal model for arenaviral hemorrhagic fever. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2001 Mar-Apr; 64(3-4):111-8.