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Descriptor English: Arenaviruses, New World
Descriptor Spanish: Arenavirus del Nuevo Mundo
Descriptor Arenavirus del Nuevo Mundo
Entry term(s) Mammarenavirus chapareense
mammarenavirus de Chapare
virus Amapari
virus Machupo
virus Sabia
virus Tacaribe
virus de Chapare
virus de la fiebre hemorrágica americana
virus de la fiebre hemorrágica boliviana
Scope note: Uno de los dos grupos de virus del género ARENAVIRUS y considerado parte del complejo del Nuevo Mundo. Incluye, entre otros, el VIRUS DE JUNIN, el VIRUS PICHINDE, virus Amapari y virus Machupo. Son causa de fiebres hemorrágicas en humanos, principalmente en América Central y del Sur.
Descriptor Portuguese: Arenavirus do Novo Mundo
Descriptor French: Arénavirus du Nouveau Monde
Entry term(s): Allpahuayo virus
Allpahuayo viruses
Amapari virus
American Hemorrhagic Fever Virus
Chapare mammarenavirus
Chapare virus
Chapare viruses
Guanarito virus
Guanarito viruses
Hemorrhagic Fever Virus, Bolivian
Hemorrhagic Fever Viruses, American
Machupo virus
New World Arenaviruses
Pirital virus
Pirital viruses
Sabia virus
Tacaribe Complex Viruses
Tacaribe virus
Tacaribe viruses
viruses, Tacaribe
Tree number(s): B04.820.480.500.070.095
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006477
Scope note: One of two groups of viruses in the ARENAVIRUS genus and considered part of the New World complex. It includes JUNIN VIRUS; PICHINDE VIRUS; Amapari virus, and Machupo virus among others. They are the cause of human hemorrhagic fevers mostly in Central and South America.
Annotation: infection: coordinate with probably HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, AMERICAN; otherwise coordinate with ARENAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS
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
Previous Indexing: Arboviruses (1966-1974)
Public MeSH Note: 2002; see TACARIBE COMPLEX VIRUSES 1994-2001, see HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUSES, AMERICAN 1991-1993, see ARENAVIRIDAE 1981-1990, see ARENAVIRUSES 1978-1980, see RNA VIRUSES 1977, see ARBOVIRUSES 1975-1976, see ARBOVIRUS 1973-1974
History Note: 2002 (1973)
DeCS ID: 31692
Unique ID: D006477
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2022/07/08
Arenaviruses, New World - Preferred
Concept UI M0010166
Scope note One of two groups of viruses in the ARENAVIRUS genus and considered part of the New World complex. It includes JUNIN VIRUS; PICHINDE VIRUS; Amapari virus, and Machupo virus among others. They are the cause of human hemorrhagic fevers mostly in Central and South America.
Preferred term Arenaviruses, New World
Entry term(s) American Hemorrhagic Fever Virus
Hemorrhagic Fever Viruses, American
New World Arenaviruses
Tacaribe Complex Viruses
Amapari virus - Narrower
Concept UI M0010164
Preferred term Amapari virus
Chapare virus - Narrower
Concept UI M0578084
Preferred term Chapare virus
Entry term(s) Chapare mammarenavirus
Chapare viruses
Guanarito virus - Narrower
Concept UI M0578085
Preferred term Guanarito virus
Entry term(s) Guanarito viruses
Pirital virus - Narrower
Concept UI M0578086
Preferred term Pirital virus
Entry term(s) Pirital viruses
Sabia virus - Narrower
Concept UI M0010167
Preferred term Sabia virus
Allpahuayo virus - Narrower
Concept UI M0578088
Preferred term Allpahuayo virus
Entry term(s) Allpahuayo viruses
Machupo virus - Narrower
Concept UI M0010165
Preferred term Machupo virus
Entry term(s) Hemorrhagic Fever Virus, Bolivian
Tacaribe virus - Narrower
Concept UI M000757052
Preferred term Tacaribe virus
Entry term(s) Tacaribe viruses
viruses, Tacaribe



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