Machupo virus
Translingual
editEtymology
editFrom the Machupo River in northeastern Bolivia.
Proper noun
edit- A taxonomic species within the family Arenaviridae – now Machupo mammarenavirus, transmitted by a mouse, responsible for Bolivian hemorrhagic fever (BHF), also known as black typhus or Ordog fever, in humans.
Hypernyms
edit- (genus): Bunyavirales - order; Arenaviridae - family; Mammarenavirus - genus
References
edit- Machupo virus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Machupo mammarenavirus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Machupo virus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
English
editNoun
edit- A virus that causes Bolivian hemorrhagic fever.