HyperDic: machupo_virus

English > 1 sense of the expression Machupo virus:
NOUNanimalMachupo virusthe RNA virus that causes Bolivian hemorrhagic fever
English > Machupo virus: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningThe RNA virus that causes Bolivian hemorrhagic fever; carried by rats and mice.
Member ofArenaviridaeA family of arborviruses carried by arthropods
Broaderarenavirusanimal viruses belonging to the family Arenaviridae
SpanishMachupo virus

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