| lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus infection in a province of spain: analysis of sera from the general population and wild rodents. | lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (lcmv) is a rodent-borne virus belonging to the family arenaviridae, genus arenavirus, which causes a wide spectrum of human disease. however, data on lcmv infection in spain is scant. to investigate whether this virus causes infection in spain, 400 serum samples from the general population (191 males, 209 females) and 100 from wild rodents were studied by immunofluorescence assay (ifa) using l-929 cells infected with lcmv. the study was performed in the "commu ... | 2003 | 12696116 |