types of arenavirus
Last reviewed 01/2018
Meningitis:
- Lymphocytic choriomeningitis
Haemorrhagic fever:
- Lassa fever
- Argentinian haemorrhagic fever (Junin)
- Bolivian haemorrhagic fever (Machupo)
- Venezuelan haemorrhagic fever (Guanarito)
Arenaviruses are spread from rodents to humans. Lassa fever is also easily transmissible from human to human without careful barrier nursing.