lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus meaning

• Noun: lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus
  1. The RNA virus that causes lymphocytic choriomeningitis; infects mice and monkeys and dogs and guinea pigs and human beings

  Type of: arenavirus

  Part of: Arenaviridae

  Encyclopedia: Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus

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  [Medicine]
  The type species of ARENAVIRUS,part of the Old World Arenaviruses (ARENAVIRUSES,OLD WORLD),producing a silent infection in house and laboratory mice. In humans,infection with LCMV can be inapparent,or can present with an influenza-like illness,a benign aseptic meningitis,or a severe meningoencephalomyelitis. The virus can also infect monkeys,dogs,field mice,guinea pigs,and hamsters,the latter an epidemiologically important host.

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• The first arenavirus, lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus ( LCMV ), was isolated in 1933 by Charles Armstrong during a study of an epidemic in St . Louis.
• Aseptic meningitis, a severe human disease that causes inflammation covering the brain and spinal cord, can arise from the " Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus ( LCMV ) infection ".
• Timing is crucial, and coxsackieviruses, rotaviruses and lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus that can be protective when given very early and can provoke autoimmunity when given late ( for instance at weaning ).
• Unlike most enveloped viruses which use clathrin coated pits for cellular entry and bind to their receptors in a pH dependent fashion, Lassa and lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus instead use an endocytotic pathway independent of clathrin, caveolin, dynamin and actin.

• "lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus" meaning in Chinese: 淋巴细胞性脉络丛脑膜炎病毒
• "lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus" meaning in Japanese: リンパ球性脈絡髄膜炎ウイルス◆【略】LCMV
• "lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus" meaning in Arabic: فيروسات أرانيا