Junin virus

Junin virus
Ju·nin virus hü-'nēn- n a single-stranded RNA virus of the genus Arenavirus (species Junin virus) that is the causative agent of a hemorrhagic fever endemic to agricultural regions of Argentina and that is transmitted to humans chiefly by rodents (esp. genus Calomys)

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an arenavirus of the Tacaribe complex that causes Argentine hemorrhagic fever, transmitted by contact with infected rodents, especially of the genus Calomys. Called also Argentine hemorrhagic fever v.

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