Entry |
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Name |
Brazilian hemorrhagic fever |
Supergrp |
South American hemorrhagic fever [DS: H00385] Arenaviral hemorrhagic fever [DS: H02173] |
Description |
Brazilian hemorrhagic fever is an infectious disease caused by Sabia virus (SABV), a New World arenavirus in the Arenaviridae family of -ssRNA viruses, and transmitted by rodents. SABV was first isolated in 1993 in Brazil.
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Category |
Infectious disease
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Brite |
Infectious diseases [BR:br08401]
Viral infections
Infections caused by -ssRNA viruses
H01544 Brazilian hemorrhagic fever
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
Certain zoonotic viral diseases
1D61 Arenavirus disease
H01544 Brazilian hemorrhagic fever
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Pathogen |
Sabia mammarenavirus [GN: T40008] |
Other DBs |
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Reference |
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Authors |
Barry M, Russi M, Armstrong L, Geller D, Tesh R, Dembry L, Gonzalez JP, Khan AS, Peters CJ |
Title |
Brief report: treatment of a laboratory-acquired Sabia virus infection. |
Journal |
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Reference |
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Authors |
Gandsman EJ, Aaslestad HG, Ouimet TC, Rupp WD |
Title |
Sabia virus incident at Yale University. |
Journal |
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