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  • New Arenavirus Associated With Hemorrhagic Fever Discovered

    04/30/2008 3:39:28 PM PDT · by blam · 10 replies · 73+ views
    Science Daily ^ | 5-1-2008 | Public Library of Science
    New Arenavirus Associated With Hemorrhagic Fever Discovered ScienceDaily (May 1, 2008) — A team of Bolivian health authorities, U.S. Navy health experts based in Lima, Peru, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has characterized "Chapare arenavirus," a previously unrecognized arenavirus, discovered in serum samples from a patient in rural Bolivia who eventually died of the infection. Named after the Chapare River in the eastern foothills of the Andes, the new Chapare arenavirus produces clinical hemorrhagic symptoms similar to those associated with other New World arenaviruses, such as the Junin, Machupo, Guanarito, and Sabia viruses. Genetically, however, Chapare...