Lymphocytic choriomeningitis (LCM) is an infectious disease caused by Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV), an arenavirus in the Arenaviridae family of -ssRNA viruses, and transmitted by rodents. LCMV was the first isolated in 1933 in St. Louis, USA.
Category
Viral infectious disease
Brite
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
Viral infections of the central nervous system
1C8F Lymphocytic choriomeningitis
H01324 Lymphocytic choriomeningitis
Genome-based classification of infectious diseases [BR:br08401]
Viral infections
Infections caused by -ssRNA viruses
H01324 Lymphocytic choriomeningitis
