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[edit]
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.