South American hemorrhagic fever [DS:H00385] Arenaviral hemorrhagic fever [DS:H02173]
Description
Bolivian hemorrhagic fever is an infectious disease caused by Machupo virus (MACV), a New World arenavirus in the Arenaviridae family of -ssRNA viruses, and transmitted by rodents. MACV was first isolated in 1963 in Bolivia.
Category
Viral infectious disease
Brite
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
Certain zoonotic viral diseases
1D61 Arenavirus disease
H01542 Bolivian hemorrhagic fever
Genome-based classification of infectious diseases [BR:br08401]
Viral infections
Infections caused by -ssRNA viruses
H01542 Bolivian hemorrhagic fever