machupo virus

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   the RNA virus that causes Bolivian hemorrhagic fever; carried by rats and mice

   Broaderarenavirus

   Part ofArenaviridae

Questions about machupo virus

What does machupo virus mean?

machupo virus means "the RNA virus that causes Bolivian hemorrhagic fever; carried by rats and mice".

Is machupo virus a common word?

machupo virus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.