"Arenaviridae" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A family of RNA viruses naturally infecting rodents and consisting of one genus (ARENAVIRUS) with two groups: Old World Arenaviruses (ARENAVIRUSES, OLD WORLD) and New World Arenaviruses (ARENAVIRUSES, NEW WORLD). Infection in rodents is persistent and silent. Vertical transmission is through milk-, saliva-, or urine-borne routes. Horizontal transmission to humans, monkeys, and other animals is important.
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D001116
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B04.820.057
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Guo ZM, Liu CT, Peters CJ. Possible involvement of endogenous beta-endorphin in the pathophysiological mechanisms of Pichinde virus-infected guinea pigs. Proc Soc Exp Biol Med. 1992 Jul; 200(3):343-8.