lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus

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lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus - the RNA virus that causes lymphocytic choriomeningitis; infects mice and monkeys and dogs and guinea pigs and human beingsarenavirus - animal viruses belonging to the family ArenaviridaeArenaviridae - a family of arborviruses carried by arthropods

EncyclopediaSeelymphocytic choriomeningitis

lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus

lym·pho·cyt·ic cho·ri·o·men·in·gi·tis vi·rus

an RNA virus of the family Arenaviridae that infects mice, monkeys, dogs, and guinea pigs, and causes lymphocytic choriomeningitis; in humans, infection may be inapparent, but sometimes the virus causes influenzalike disease, meningitis, or rarely meningoencephalomyelitis; in utero infections of mice establish a type of immunologic tolerance. Synonym(s): LCM virus

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lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus

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Words related to lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus

noun the RNA virus that causes lymphocytic choriomeningitis

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arenavirus
Arenaviridae

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