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  • proper noun A taxonomic family within the order Mononegavirales — the arenaviruses.

Etymologies

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Arenavirus +‎ -idae

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  • The virus, a member of the virus family en: Arenaviridae, causes en: Lassa fever.

    WN.com - Articles related to Scientists uncover mysterious workings of cholera bacteria 2010

  • The virus, a member of the virus family en: Arenaviridae, causes en: Lassa fever.

    WN.com - Articles related to Not influenced by pharma companies on H1N1 pandemic: WHO 2010

  • ST-669 is SIGA's lead broad-spectrum antiviral candidate compound for viruses in the Poxviridae, Filoviridae, Bunyaviridae, Arenaviridae, Flaviviridae, Togaviridae, Retroviridae, and Picornaviridae families.

    News 2009

  • The results of tests conducted at the Special Pathogens Unit, National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) of the National Health Laboratory Service in Johannesburg, and at the Special Pathogens and Infectious Disease Pathology branches of the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, USA, provide preliminary evidence that the causative agent of the disease which has resulted in the recent deaths of 3 people from Zambia and South Africa, is a virus from the Arenaviridae family.

    Health News from Medical News Today 2008

  • WHO | New virus from Arenaviridae family in South Africa and Zambia - Update Jean Snow - Tuesday October, 14 2008 05: 05 AM PDT

    Warren Ellis 2008

  • New virus from Arenaviridae family in South Africa and Zambia - Update

    Paul Kedrosky's Infectious Greed 2008

  • New virus from Arenaviridae family in South Africa and Zambia - Update

    Paul Kedrosky's Infectious Greed 2008

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