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| Argentine hemorrhagic fever | |
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| Specialty | Infectious disease |
Argentine hemorrhagic fever (AHF) or O'Higgins disease, also known in Argentina as mal de los rastrojos (stubble disease) is a hemorrhagic fever and zoonotic infectious disease occurring in Argentina. It is caused by the Junín virus[1] (an arenavirus, closely related to the Machupo virus, causative agent of Bolivian hemorrhagic fever). Its reservoir of infection is the drylands vesper mouse, a rodent found in Argentina and Paraguay.
- ^ Grant A, Seregin A, Huang C, Kolokoltsova O, Brasier A, Peters C, Paessler S (October 2012). "Junín virus pathogenesis and virus replication". Viruses. 4 (10). National Institutes of Health: 2317–2339. doi:10.3390/v4102317. PMC 3497054. PMID 23202466.
Junín virus, the etiological agent of Argentine hemorrhagic fever, causes significant morbidity and mortality.