arenavirus
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of arenavirus
1971; earlier arenovirus (1970) < Latin (h)arēn(a) sand + -o- + virus; so called from the RNA granules seen in cross sections of the virion
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“If it was a bunyavirus or an arenavirus, we would have been lost for two to three years.”
From Nature ● May 14, 2020
OK, you may say, but Lassa is an arenavirus, and Ebola is a filovirus—so am I comparing apples to oranges?
From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2014
But they could determine only that it was a member of the arenavirus clan, so they sent a sample on to Yale for further identification.
From Time Magazine Archive
Such projects have led to the discovery of hundreds of viruses including arenaviruses, phleboviruses, coronaviruses and rhabdoviruses — and are likely to yield many more in the future, says Garry.
From Nature ● Aug. 4, 2015
We're reasoning by analogy to other arenaviruses that Sabia has a rodent reservoir.
From Time Magazine Archive
But while some other arenaviruses have been known to doctors for at least two decades, Sabia was never seen before 1990.
From Time Magazine Archive
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