| Machupo virus |
the RNA virus that causes Bolivian hemorrhagic fever; carried by rats and mice
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| Machupo virus |
an arenavirus of the Tacaribe complex that is the etiologic agent of Bolivian hemorrhagic fever, transmitted by contact with infected rodents of the species Calomys callosus. Called also Bolivian hemorrhagic fever v.
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| Machupo virus |
Bolivian hemorrhagic fever (BHF), also known as black typhus, is a hemorrhagic fever and zoonotic infectious disease occurring in Bolivia. First identified in 1959, black typhus is caused by infection with machupo virus, a negative single-stranded RNA virus of the Arenaviridae family. The infection has a slow onset with fever, malaise, headache and muscular pains. ...
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