Arenaviruses

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Arenaviruses are a family of enveloped RNA viruses that primarily infect rodents and can cause severe hemorrhagic fevers in humans, such as Lassa fever, making them significant public health threats.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf RNA virus
virus family
associatedDisease Argentine hemorrhagic fever
Bolivian hemorrhagic fever
Brazilian hemorrhagic fever NERFINISHED
Lassa fever NERFINISHED
Venezuelan hemorrhagic fever
hemorrhagic fever
lymphocytic choriomeningitis
biosafetyLevel BSL-3
BSL-4
capsidSymmetry pleomorphic
discoveredInDecade 1930s
encodesProtein L polymerase
glycoprotein precursor GPC
matrix protein Z
nucleoprotein NP
entryReceptor alpha-dystroglycan
transferrin receptor 1 NERFINISHED
enveloped true
familyName Arenaviridae NERFINISHED
genomeSegment L segment
S segment
genomeSegmentation bisegmented
genomeSense ambisense
genomeType single-stranded RNA
genus Antennavirus NERFINISHED
Hartmanivirus NERFINISHED
Mammarenavirus NERFINISHED
Reptarenavirus NERFINISHED
geographicDistribution Africa NERFINISHED
Europe NERFINISHED
North America NERFINISHED
South America NERFINISHED
hostRange humans
nonhuman primates
rodents
naturalReservoir New World rodents
Old World rodents
rodents
order Bunyavirales NERFINISHED
parentTaxon Arenaviridae NERFINISHED
publicHealthSignificance emerging infectious diseases
viral hemorrhagic fevers
replicationSite cytoplasm
taxonRank family
transmissionRoute aerosolized rodent excreta
direct contact with rodent excreta
nosocomial transmission
virionDiameter 110–130 nm
virionShape spherical

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