Antibodies to the Glycoprotein GP2 Subunit Cross-React between Old and New World Arenaviruses
mSphere, 2018 Arenaviruses pose a major public health threat and cause numerous infections in humans each year. Although most viruses belonging to this family do not cause disease in humans, some arenaviruses, such as Lassa virus and Machupo virus, are the etiological
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Progress in the experimental therapy of severe arenaviral infections
Future Microbiology, 2011 Summary A number of viruses in the family Arenaviridae cause severe illness in humans. Lassa virus in West Africa and a number of agents in South America produce hemorrhagic fever (HF) in persons exposed to aerosolized excretions of the pathogens’ rodent
B. Gowen, M. Bray
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Advanced Vaccine Candidates for Lassa Fever
Viruses, 2012 Lassa virus (LASV) is the most prominent human pathogen of the Arenaviridae. The virus is transmitted to humans by a rodent reservoir, Mastomys natalensis, and is capable of causing lethal Lassa Fever (LF). LASV has the highest human impact of any of the
Igor S. Lukashevich
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Review of Mammarenavirus Biology and Replication
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2018 The family Arenaviridae is divided into three genera: Mammarenavirus, Reptarenavirus, and Hartmanivirus. The Mammarenaviruses contain viruses responsible for causing human hemorrhagic fever diseases including New World viruses Junin, Machupo, Guanarito ...
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In Vitro and In Vivo Activities of T-705 against Arenavirus and Bunyavirus Infections
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 2007 There is a need for the development of effective antivirals for the treatment of severe viral diseases caused by members of the virus families Bunyaviridae and Arenaviridae.
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Ecology of Catarina Virus (family Arenaviridae ) in Southern Texas, 2001–2004
Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 2013 Mary L Milazzo +2 more
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Local Maintenance and Genomic Diversity of Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus in Natural Populations of House Mice in the Czech Republic Over a 24-Year Period. [PDF]
Zoonoses Public HealthABSTRACT Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) is a neglected rodent‐borne zoonotic virus primarily infecting house mice. The virus can be highly pathogenic, particularly in immunocompromised individuals and in congenital infections. LCMV is distributed worldwide but shows local clustering, probably due to the highly structured populations of its ...
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Laboratory acquired infection by the virus SP H 114202 (Arenavirus: Arenaviridae): clinical and laboratory findings [PDF]
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 1993 Here in is described the clinical and laboratorial findings of a laboratory-acquired infection caused by the virus SP H 114202 (Arenavirus, family Arenaviridae) a recently discovered agent responsible for a viral hemorrhagic fever. The patient was sick for 13 days.
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2011 Lassa fever virus, a member of the family Arenaviridae, is a highly endemic category A pathogen that causes 300,000–500,000 infections per year in Western Africa.
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Human cases of lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) infections in Hungary
Archives of Virology, 2023 Lymphocytic choriomeningitis (LCM) is a “neglected” rodent-borne viral zoonotic disease caused by lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) (family Arenaviridae).
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