arenavirus

arenavirus
/ahr'en ay"vuy'reuhs/, n., pl. arenaviruses.
any of various RNA-containing viruses of the family Arenaviridae, usu. transmitted to humans by contact with excreta of infected rodents.
[1971; earlier arenovirus (1970) < L (h)aren(a) sand + -O- + VIRUS; so called from the RNA granules seen in cross sections of the virion]

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