South American hemorrhagic fever [DS:H00385] Arenaviral hemorrhagic fever [DS:H02173]
Description
Bolivian hemorrhagic fever is an infectious disease caused by Machupo virus (MACV), a New World arenavirus in the Arenaviridae family of -ssRNA viruses, and transmitted by rodents. MACV was first isolated in 1963 in Bolivia.
Category
Infectious disease
Brite
Infectious diseases [BR:br08401]
Viral infections
Infections caused by -ssRNA viruses
H01542 Bolivian hemorrhagic fever
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
Certain zoonotic viral diseases
1D61 Arenavirus disease
H01542 Bolivian hemorrhagic fever
Pathogen
Machupo mammarenavirus [GN:T40006]
Other DBs
ICD-11:
1D61.1
ICD-10:
A96.1
MeSH:
D006478
Reference
PMID:24636947
Authors
Patterson M, Grant A, Paessler S
Title
Epidemiology and pathogenesis of Bolivian hemorrhagic fever.