Guama virus

Gu·a·ma vi·rus

a serologic group of the genus Bunyavirus, composed of six species including Catu virus, and the type strain, Guama virus.

Guama virus

A virus of the Bunyaviridae family isolated from febrile humans and sentinel monkey in Brazil and rodents and culicine mosquitos in Brazil, French Guyana, Panama, Surinam and Trinidad, which causes a benign clinical disease characterised by fever, headache, myalgia and leukopenia in people who enter tropical forests.