Machupo virus
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Translingual
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the Machupo River in northeastern Bolivia.
Proper noun
[edit]- A taxonomic species within the family Arenaviridae – now Machupo mammarenavirus, transmitted by a mouse, responsible for Bolivian hemorrhagic fever (BHF), also known as black typhus or Ordog fever, in humans.
Hypernyms
[edit]- (genus): Bunyavirales - order; Arenaviridae - family; Mammarenavirus - genus
References
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Machupo virus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Machupo mammarenavirus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Machupo virus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]- A virus that causes Bolivian hemorrhagic fever.