Machupo virus

Translingual

Etymology

From the Machupo River in northeastern Bolivia.

Proper noun

Machupo virus

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

(genus): Bunyavirales - order; Arenaviridae - family; Mammarenavirus - genus

References

Machupo virus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Machupo mammarenavirus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Machupo virus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

Noun

Machupo virus

A virus that causes Bolivian hemorrhagic fever.

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