Current topics in microbiology and immunology, 133.
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The Arenaviruses --;An Introduction --;Arenavirus Gene Structure and Organization. With 6 Figures --;Sequence Comparison Among Arenaviruses. With 1 Figure --;Protein Structure and Expression Among Arenaviruses. With 7 Figures --;Mapping Arenavirus Genes Causing Virulence --;State of Viral Genome and Proteins During Persistent Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus Infection. With 11 Figures --;Pathology and Pathogenesis of Arenavirus Infections. With 14 Figures.
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Arenaviruses cause severe human diseases known primarily as the hemor- rhagic fevers occurring in South and Latin America (Bolivia: Machupo virus and Argentina: Junin virus) and in Africa (Lassa virus).