| [first evidence of lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (arenavirus) infection in mus musculus rodents captured in the urban area of the municipality of sincelejo, sucre, colombia]. | the lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus is an old world arenavirus that infects mus musculus, and can cause congenital hydrocephalus, chorioretinitis and multisystemic failure in transplant human recipients. although the disease has not been clinically diagnosed in colombia yet, there have been reports of infection with the pichindé virus in rodents from cauca and valle del cauca departments, and with the guanarito virus in rodents from córdoba department. | 2017 | 28527269 |