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MACHUPO VIRUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The RNA virus that causes Bolivian hemorrhagic fever; carried by rats and mice
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Machupo virus" is a kind of...):
arenavirus (animal viruses belonging to the family Arenaviridae)
Holonyms ("Machupo virus" is a member of...):
Arenaviridae (a family of arborviruses carried by arthropods)