LCMV-LASV complex

LCMV-LASV complex
a group of antigenically related arenaviruses; medically significant ones include the Lassa virus, cause of Lassa fever, and the lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus. Formerly called Old World arenaviruses.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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  • Lassa virus — n a single stranded RNA virus of the genus Arenavirus (species Lassa virus) that causes Lassa fever * * * an arenavirus of the LCMV LASV complex, existing in several serologically distinct strains and distributed throughout West and Central… …   Medical dictionary

  • Old World arenaviruses — former name for the LCMV LASV complex …   Medical dictionary

  • lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus — an arenavirus of the LCMV LASV complex that causes lymphocytic choriomeningitis. Called also LCM v …   Medical dictionary

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