- LCMV-LASV complex
- a group of antigenically related arenaviruses; medically significant ones include the Lassa virus, cause of Lassa fever, and the lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus. Formerly called Old World arenaviruses.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
LCMV-LASV complex
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Lassa virus — n a single stranded RNA virus of the genus Arenavirus (species Lassa virus) that causes Lassa fever * * * an arenavirus of the LCMV LASV complex, existing in several serologically distinct strains and distributed throughout West and Central… … Medical dictionary
Old World arenaviruses — former name for the LCMV LASV complex … Medical dictionary
lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus — an arenavirus of the LCMV LASV complex that causes lymphocytic choriomeningitis. Called also LCM v … Medical dictionary
