Diseases of the central nervous system caused by lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus and other arenaviruses

Michael R Wilson; Clarence J Peters

doi:10.1016/B978-0-444-53488-0.00033-X

Diseases of the central nervous system caused by lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus and other arenaviruses

Handb Clin Neurol. 2014:123:671-81. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53488-0.00033-X.

Authors

Michael R Wilson¹, Clarence J Peters²

Affiliations

¹ Multiple Sclerosis Center, Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA. Electronic address: michaelneuro@gmail.com.
² Departments of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology and Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA.

PMID: 25015511
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53488-0.00033-X

No abstract available

Keywords: Argentine hemorrhagic fever; Bolivian hemorrhagic fever; Guanarito virus; Junin virus; Lassa fever; Machupo virus; Venezuelan hemorrhagic fever; arenavirus; lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus; viral encephalitis; viral hemorrhagic fever; viral meningitis; zoonosis.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Arenaviridae Infections / complications*
Central Nervous System Diseases / etiology*
Central Nervous System Diseases / virology*
Humans
Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus / metabolism
Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus / pathogenicity*
Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus / ultrastructure