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Guanarito virus | |
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Virus classification | |
Group: | Group V ((-)ssRNA) |
Family: | Arenaviridae |
Genus: | Arenavirus |
Species | |
Guanarito virus |
Venezuelan hemorrhagic fever | |
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Classification and external resources | |
Specialty | Infectious disease |
ICD-10 | A96.8 |
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Venezuelan hemorrhagic fever (VHF) is a zoonotic human illness first identified in 1989. The disease is most prevalent in several rural areas of central Venezuela and is caused by the Guanarito virus (GTOV) which belongs to the Arenaviridae family. The short-tailed cane mouse (Zygodontomys brevicauda) is the main host for GTOV [1] which is spread mostly by inhalation of aerosolized droplets of saliva, respiratory secretions, urine, or blood from infected rodents.[2] Person-to-person spread is possible, but uncommon.
From September 1989 through December 2006, the State of Portuguesa recorded 618 cases of VHF. Nearly all of the cases were individuals who worked or lived in Guanarito during the time they became infected. The case fatality rate was 23.1%.[3]
Because the virus is contracted by aerosol dissemination, concern arose shortly after the first cases emerged in 1989 due to fear of biological warfare. Potential biological terrorism agents were identified and categorized in 1999 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as part of the Congressional initiative to further response capabilities to biological weapons [4] . Arenaviruses causing hemorrhagic fevers, along with a genus of virus called filoviruses, were categorized in Category A; these are pathogens with the highest potential impact on public health safety.
A notable event in the timeline of this virus' scientific knowledge was the unexplained disappearance of a vial of the virus at the University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston National Laboratory, announced 2013 March 24.[5]
Arenaviruses are enveloped, single-stranded, bisegmented RNA viruses with antisense genomes.[6] Based on their antigenic properties, arenaviruses have been classified into two major groups: the Old World arena viruses, and the New World arenaviruses. Old World arena viruses include lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus, and Lassa virus. New world arena viruses are further broken down into three clades, A, B, and C. The Guanarito arena virus belongs to clade B and is the cause of VHF. On the biosafety level scale of one to four, with four causing the most risk, the viruses causing hemorrhagic fevers have been assigned a four by the CDC.[7]
The short-tailed cane mouse, the main host of GTOV, is native to western Venezuela and resides in large numbers in tall grass, cultivated agricultural fields, human homes, and outbuildings.[3] It is speculated that demographic and ecological changes in the rural areas increased the frequency of contact between humans and infected rodents such that VHF emerged.[3]
VHF has many similarities to Lassa fever and to the arenavirus hemorrhagic fevers that occur in Argentina and Bolivia.[6] It causes fever and malaise followed by hemorrhagic manifestations and convulsions.[8] Some presentations of the virus are also characterized by vascular damage, bleeding diathesis, fever, and multiple organ involvement. Clinical diagnosis of VHF has proven to be difficult based on the nonspecific symptoms.[4] The disease is fatal in 30% of cases and is endemic to Portuguesa state and Barinas state in Venezuela.
Treatment and prevention for the VHF virus are limited and there are currently no licensed vaccines available that can act to prevent the disease [4] . However, once infected, Ribavirin, an anti-viral drug given intravenously, is one way to treat VHF.
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年 | 病原微生物 | 種類 | 疾患 |
1973 | Rotavirus | ウイルス | 小児下痢症 |
1975 | Parvovirus B19 | ウイルス | 伝染性紅班 |
1976 | Cryptosporidium parvum | 寄生虫 | 下痢症 |
1977 | Eboravirus | ウイルス | エボラ出血熱 |
Legionella pneumophila | 細菌 | レジオネラ症 | |
Hantaanvirus | ウイルス | 腎症候性出血熱 | |
Campylobacter jejuni | 細菌 | 下痢症 | |
1980 | Human T-lymphotropic virus-1 | ウイルス | 成人T細胞白血病 |
Hepatitis D virus | ウイルス | D型ウイルス肝炎 | |
1981 | TSST-1-producing Staphylococcus aureus | 細菌 | 毒素性ショック症候群 |
1982 | Escherichia coli 0157:H7 | 細菌 | 腸管出血性大腸炎、溶血性尿毒症症候群 |
Human T-lymphotropic virus-2(1) | ウイルス | 白血病 | |
Borrelia burgobrferi | 細菌 | ライム病 | |
Rickttsia japonica | 細菌 | 日本紅斑熱 | |
1983 | Human immunodeficiency virus | ウイルス | 後天性免疫不全症候群 |
Helicobacter pylori | 細菌 | 胃炎(胃潰瘍、十二指腸潰瘍、胃癌、MALTリンパ腫) | |
1985 | Enterocytozoon bieneusi | 寄生虫 | 持続性下痢症 |
1986 | Cyclospora cayetanensis | 寄生虫 | 持続性下痢症 |
Prion(2) | プリオン | 牛海綿状脳症 | |
1988 | Human herpesvirus-6 | ウイルス | 突発性発疹症 |
Hepatitis E virus | ウイルス | E型肝炎 | |
1989 | Ehriichia chaffeensis | 細菌 | エールリキア症 |
Hepatitis C virus | ウイルス | C型肝炎 | |
Clamydia pneumoniae | 細菌 | 肺炎、気管支炎 | |
1991 | Guanarito virus | ウイルス | ベネズエラ出血熱 |
Encephalitozoon heilem | 寄生虫 | 結膜炎 | |
Newspecis of Babesia | 寄生虫 | 非定型性バベシア症 | |
1992 | Vibrio choerae 0139 | 細菌 | 新型コレラ |
Bartoneiia henselae | 細菌 | 猫ひっかき病 | |
1993 | Sin Nombre virus | ウイルス | ハンタウイルス肺症候群(成人呼吸窮迫症候群) |
Encephalitozoon cuniculi | 真菌 | ミクロスポリドーシス | |
1994 | Sabia virus | ウイルス | ブラジル出血熱 |
Hendra virus | ウイルス | ウイルス性脳炎 | |
1995 | Human herpesvirus-8 | ウイルス | カポジ肉腫 |
Hepatitis G virus | ウイルス | G型肝炎 | |
1996 | TSE causing agent | プリオン | 新型クロイツフェルト・ヤコブ病 |
Australian bat lyssavirus | ウイルス | ウイルス性脳炎 | |
1997 | Influenza A/H5N1 | ウイルス | トリ型インフルエンザのヒト感染 |
1999 | Nipa hvirus | ウイルス | 急性脳炎 |
2003 | SARS coronavirus | ウイルス | 重症急性呼吸器症候群(SAR) |
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