Arenaviruses
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Arenaviruses are a family of enveloped RNA viruses that primarily infect rodents and can cause severe hemorrhagic fevers in humans, such as Lassa fever, making them significant public health threats.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Arenaviridae | 3 |
| Arenaviruses canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11466994 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Arenaviruses Context triple: [CDC Category A agent, hasExampleAgent, Arenaviruses]
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A.
Filoviridae
Filoviridae is a family of enveloped, filamentous, negative-sense RNA viruses that includes the Ebola and Marburg viruses, known for causing severe hemorrhagic fevers in humans and other primates.
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B.
Mononegavirales
Mononegavirales is an order of enveloped viruses with nonsegmented, negative-sense single-stranded RNA genomes that includes several significant human and animal pathogens.
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C.
Ebolavirus
Ebolavirus is a genus of filamentous, enveloped RNA viruses in the Filoviridae family that cause severe and often fatal hemorrhagic fever in humans and other primates.
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D.
Reston ebolavirus
Reston ebolavirus is a species of ebolavirus that primarily infects nonhuman primates and pigs and is notable for being the only known ebolavirus that has caused asymptomatic infections in humans.
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E.
Mastadenovirus
Mastadenovirus is a genus of non-enveloped, double-stranded DNA viruses in the Adenoviridae family that infect mammals, including humans, and are associated with a range of respiratory, ocular, and gastrointestinal diseases.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Arenaviruses Target entity description: Arenaviruses are a family of enveloped RNA viruses that primarily infect rodents and can cause severe hemorrhagic fevers in humans, such as Lassa fever, making them significant public health threats.
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A.
Filoviridae
Filoviridae is a family of enveloped, filamentous, negative-sense RNA viruses that includes the Ebola and Marburg viruses, known for causing severe hemorrhagic fevers in humans and other primates.
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B.
Mononegavirales
Mononegavirales is an order of enveloped viruses with nonsegmented, negative-sense single-stranded RNA genomes that includes several significant human and animal pathogens.
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C.
Ebolavirus
Ebolavirus is a genus of filamentous, enveloped RNA viruses in the Filoviridae family that cause severe and often fatal hemorrhagic fever in humans and other primates.
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D.
Reston ebolavirus
Reston ebolavirus is a species of ebolavirus that primarily infects nonhuman primates and pigs and is notable for being the only known ebolavirus that has caused asymptomatic infections in humans.
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E.
Mastadenovirus
Mastadenovirus is a genus of non-enveloped, double-stranded DNA viruses in the Adenoviridae family that infect mammals, including humans, and are associated with a range of respiratory, ocular, and gastrointestinal diseases.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
RNA virus
ⓘ
virus family ⓘ |
| associatedDisease |
Argentine hemorrhagic fever
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Bolivian hemorrhagic fever ⓘ Brazilian hemorrhagic fever ⓘ Lassa fever ⓘ Venezuelan hemorrhagic fever ⓘ hemorrhagic fever ⓘ lymphocytic choriomeningitis ⓘ |
| biosafetyLevel |
BSL-3
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BSL-4 ⓘ |
| capsidSymmetry | pleomorphic ⓘ |
| discoveredInDecade | 1930s ⓘ |
| encodesProtein |
L polymerase
ⓘ
glycoprotein precursor GPC ⓘ matrix protein Z ⓘ nucleoprotein NP ⓘ |
| entryReceptor |
alpha-dystroglycan
ⓘ
transferrin receptor 1 ⓘ |
| enveloped | true ⓘ |
| familyName |
Arenaviridae
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linked to:
Arenaviruses
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| genomeSegment |
L segment
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S segment ⓘ |
| genomeSegmentation | bisegmented ⓘ |
| genomeSense | ambisense ⓘ |
| genomeType | single-stranded RNA ⓘ |
| genus |
Antennavirus
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Hartmanivirus ⓘ Mammarenavirus ⓘ Reptarenavirus ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
Africa
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Europe ⓘ North America ⓘ South America ⓘ |
| hostRange |
humans
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nonhuman primates ⓘ rodents ⓘ |
| naturalReservoir |
New World rodents
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Old World rodents ⓘ rodents ⓘ |
| order | Bunyavirales ⓘ |
| parentTaxon |
Arenaviridae
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linked to:
Arenaviruses
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| publicHealthSignificance |
emerging infectious diseases
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viral hemorrhagic fevers ⓘ |
| replicationSite | cytoplasm ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| transmissionRoute |
aerosolized rodent excreta
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direct contact with rodent excreta ⓘ nosocomial transmission ⓘ |
| virionDiameter | 110–130 nm ⓘ |
| virionShape | spherical ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Arenaviruses Description of subject: Arenaviruses are a family of enveloped RNA viruses that primarily infect rodents and can cause severe hemorrhagic fevers in humans, such as Lassa fever, making them significant public health threats.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Arenaviruses
linked to: Arenaviruses