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Descriptor English: Arenaviruses, Old World
Descriptor Spanish: Arenavirus del Viejo Mundo
Descriptor Arenavirus del Viejo Mundo
Scope note: Uno de los dos grupos del género ARENAVIRUS y considerado parte del complejo del Viejo Mundo. Incluye el VIRUS DE LASSA y el VIRUS DE LA CORIOMENINGITIS LINFOCÍTICA, aunque este último tiene en la actualidad una distribución universal.
Descriptor Portuguese: Arenavirus do Velho Mundo
Descriptor French: Arénavirus de l'Ancien Monde
Entry term(s): LCM Lassa Complex Viruses
LCM-Lassa Complex Viruses
Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Lassa Complex Viruses
Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis-Lassa Complex Viruses
Old World Arenaviruses
Tree number(s): B04.820.480.500.070.100
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018049
Scope note: One of two groups of viruses in the ARENAVIRUS genus and considered part of the Old World complex. It includes LASSA VIRUS and LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS VIRUS, although the latter has worldwide distribution now.
Annotation: infection: coord IM with ARENAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS (IM)
Allowable Qualifiers: CH chemistry
CL classification
DE drug effects
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PH physiology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
Public MeSH Note: 2002; see LCM-LASSA COMPLEX VIRUSES 1994-2001
History Note: 2002 (1994)
DeCS ID: 31366
Unique ID: D018049
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Date Established: 1994/01/01
Date of Entry: 1993/06/30
Revision Date: 2015/06/22
Arenaviruses, Old World - Preferred
Concept UI M0027238
Scope note One of two groups of viruses in the ARENAVIRUS genus and considered part of the Old World complex. It includes LASSA VIRUS and LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS VIRUS, although the latter has worldwide distribution now.
Preferred term Arenaviruses, Old World
Entry term(s) LCM Lassa Complex Viruses
LCM-Lassa Complex Viruses
Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Lassa Complex Viruses
Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis-Lassa Complex Viruses
Old World Arenaviruses



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