Chapare virus

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Chapare virus causes hemorrhagic fever and is a member of the arenavirus family of viruses. The only known outbreak of Chapare virus infection occurred in the village of Samuzabeti, Chapare Province, Bolivia, in January of 2003.^[1] A small number of people were infected. One person died. The specific transmission vector is not known, but is suspected to be a rodent, in keeping with other members of the arenavirus family, which includes the Lassa virus.^[2]

[edit] Background

In December of 2003, an outbreak of a hemorrhagic fever occurred near Cochabamba, Bolivia.

[edit] References

1. ^ New kind of killer virus discovered in Bolivia. New Scientist. Retrieved on 2008-04-17.
2. ^ Chapare Virus, a Newly Discovered Arenavirus Isolated from a Fatal Hemorrhagic Fever Case in Bolivia. Public Library of Science Pathogens. Retrieved on 2008-04-17.

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