Studies with the etiologic agent of Argentinian epidemic hemorrhagic fever (Junin virus). 1962

F RAPP, and S M BUCKLEY

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D006480 Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome An acute febrile disease occurring predominately in Asia. It is characterized by fever, prostration, vomiting, hemorrhagic phenonema, shock, and renal failure. It is caused by any one of several closely related species of the genus ORTHOHANTAVIRUS. The most severe form is caused by HANTAAN VIRUS whose natural host is the rodent Apodemus agrarius. Milder forms are caused by SEOUL VIRUS and transmitted by the rodents Rattus rattus and R. norvegicus, and the PUUMALA VIRUS with transmission by Clethrionomys galreolus. HFRS,Hemorrhagic Fever, Epidemic,Hemorrhagic Fever, Korean,Hemorrhagic Nephroso-Nephritis,Nephropathia Epidemica,Epidemic Hemorrhagic Fever,Epidemic Hemorrhagic Fevers,Hemorrhagic Fevers, Epidemic,Hemorrhagic Nephroso Nephritis,Hemorrhagic Nephroso-Nephritides,Korean Hemorrhagic Fever,Nephroso-Nephritides, Hemorrhagic,Nephroso-Nephritis, Hemorrhagic
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D014780 Viruses Minute infectious agents whose genomes are composed of DNA or RNA, but not both. They are characterized by a lack of independent metabolism and the inability to replicate outside living host cells. Animal Viruses,Zoophaginae,Animal Virus,Virus,Virus, Animal,Viruses, Animal
D058872 Epidemics Sudden outbreaks of a disease in a country or region not previously recognized in that area, or a rapid increase in the number of new cases of a previous existing endemic disease. Epidemics can also refer to outbreaks of disease in animal or plant populations.
D018051 Junin virus A species of ARENAVIRUS, part of the New World Arenaviruses (ARENAVIRUSES, NEW WORLD), causing Argentinian hemorrhagic fever. The disease is characterized by congestion, edema, generalized lymphadenopathy and hemorrhagic necrosis and is sometimes fatal. Hemorrhagic Fever Virus, Argentinian

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