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Definition of Machupo virus

1. Noun. The RNA virus that causes Bolivian hemorrhagic fever; carried by rats and mice.

Medical Definition of Machupo virus

1. A member of the Arenaviridae that may cause a severe haemorrhagic fever in humans. The natural hosts are rodents and transmission from human to human is not common. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

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Literary usage of Machupo virus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Biosafety in the Laboratory: Prudent Practices for the Handling and Disposal by National Research Council (U. S.) (1989)
"... 113 Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus, 15, 121, 127 Lymphogranuloma venereum, 110-111 Macaques, 15, 119-120 Machupo virus, 128 M Marburg disease, 15, ..."

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