South American hemorrhagic fever [DS:H00385] Arenaviral hemorrhagic fever [DS:H02173]
Description
Venezuelan hemorrhagic fever is an infectious disease caused by Guanarito virus (GTOV), a New World arenavirus in the Arenaviridae family of -ssRNA viruses, and transmitted by rodents. GTOV was first isolated in 1989 in Venezuela.
Category
Infectious disease
Brite
Infectious diseases [BR:br08401]
Viral infections
Infections caused by -ssRNA viruses
H01543 Venezuelan hemorrhagic fever
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
Certain zoonotic viral diseases
1D61 Arenavirus disease
H01543 Venezuelan hemorrhagic fever
Pathogen
Guanarito mammarenavirus [GN:T40007]
Other DBs
ICD-11:
1D61.3
ICD-10:
A96.8
Reference
PMID:7840443
Authors
Tesh RB
Title
The emerging epidemiology of Venezuelan hemorrhagic fever and Oropouche fever in tropical South America.
Journal
Ann N Y Acad Sci 740:129-37 (1994) DOI:10.1111/j.1749-6632.1994.tb19863.x
Reference
PMID:10479119
Authors
Fulhorst CF, Ksiazek TG, Peters CJ, Tesh RB
Title
Experimental infection of the cane mouse Zygodontomys brevicauda (family Muridae) with guanarito virus (Arenaviridae), the etiologic agent of Venezuelan hemorrhagic fever.