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- Title
Reemergence of Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Mammarenavirus, Germany.
- Authors
Mehl, Calvin; Wylezich, Claudia; Geiger, Christina; Schauerte, Nicole; Mätz-Rensing, Kerstin; Nesseler, Anne; Höper, Dirk; Linnenbrink, Miriam; Beer, Martin; Heckel, Gerald; Ulrich, Rainer G.
- Abstract
The article informs that Lymphocytic choriomeningitis mammarenavirus (LCMV), a zoonotic pathogen transmitted through contact with excreta and secretions of infected house mice, the reservoir host. It reports LCMV can cause symptoms ranging from influenza-like illness to meningitis and encephalitis in humans, and infection during pregnancy may lead to neurologic and developmental problems in infants.
- Subjects
LYMPHOCYTIC choriomeningitis; CAPTIVE wild animals; MICE; LYMPHOCYTIC choriomeningitis virus; EMERGING infectious diseases
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2023, Vol 29, Issue 3, p631
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3201/eid2903.221822