arenavirus

[ ahr-en-ey-vahy-ruhs ]

noun,plural ar·en·a·vi·rus·es.
  1. any of various RNA-containing viruses of the family Arenaviridae, usually transmitted to humans by contact with excreta of infected rodents.

Origin of arenavirus

1
1971; earlier arenovirus (1970) <Latin (h)arēn(a) sand + -o- + virus; so called from the RNA granules seen in cross sections of the virion

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