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arenavirus Microbiol.|əˈriːnəvaɪərəs|
Also areno-.
[f. L. arēnōsus sandy (see quot. 1970) + -o + virus; arena- by alteration (see quot. 1971).]
Any of a group of animal viruses consisting of enveloped single-stranded RNA, of which many are carried by various rodents and some cause disease in man, including Lassa fever and lymphocytic choriomeningitis.
1970W. P. Rowe et al. in Jrnl. Virol. V. 651/1 The name ‘arenoviruses’... This name was chosen to reflect the characteristic fine granules seen in the virion in ultrathin sections. 1971Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. & Med. CXXXVI. 637/1 Arenavirus was approved as the group name by the International Committee on Nomenclature of Viruses (personal communication). Arenovirus was suppressed because it might be confused with adenovirus, particularly in oral communication. 1978Brit. Med. Jrnl. 4 Mar. 529/2 Arenaviruses have rodents or bats as their natural hosts and reservoirs. 1978Nature 17 Aug. 724/3 Important groups of animal viruses (arenoviruses, bunyaviruses, most insect viruses) are not mentioned. 1983Oxf. Textbk. Med. I. v. 116/1 Like other arenaviruses, Lassa produces a persistent tolerated infection in its rodent reservoir host with no ill effects in Mastomys natalensis and without any immune response. |