Chapare mammarenavirus or Chapare virus is a virus from the family Arenaviridae which causes a hemorrhagic fever in humans known as Chapare hemorrhagic fever. It was first described after an outbreak of a novel zoonotic mammarenavirus infection occurred in the village of Samuzabeti, Chapare Province, Bolivia, in January 2003. A small number of people were infected and one person died.[2][3][4]
| Chapare mammarenavirus | |
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| electron microscope image of Chapare virus | |
Virus classification 
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| (unranked): | Virus |
| Realm: | Riboviria |
| Kingdom: | Orthornavirae |
| Phylum: | Negarnaviricota |
| Class: | Ellioviricetes |
| Order: | Bunyavirales |
| Family: | Arenaviridae |
| Genus: | Mammarenavirus |
| Species: | Chapare mammarenavirus
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Chapare virus | |
| Chapare hemorrhagic fever | |
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| Specialty | Virology |
In 2019, nine people became infected with the virus in the La Paz regional area, four of whom died. Nosocomial and human-to-human transmission of the virus occurred in at least three of the cases which resulted in the death of a medical intern and a gastroenterologist. Like other members of the Arenavirus family, the specific zoonotic reservoir and primary transmission vector is suspected to be a rodent, probably the small-eared pygmy rice rat.[5][6][2]
Virology
editThe Chapare virus is an enveloped virus with a bi-segmented single-stranded ambisense RNA genome. The two RNA segments are denoted Small (S) and Large (L). It belongs to the New World Clade B lineage of mammarenaviruses and is most closely related to the Sabia virus.[2][5]
Symptoms
editAfter an incubation period of around 9–19 days, initial symptoms include fever, malaise, headache, myalgia, back pain, dizziness, nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea. The disease often progresses to include hemorrhagic and neurological symptoms, such as gingival hemorrhage, anaemia, leukopaenia, confusion, seizures, ecchymoses, bleeding from mucous membranes, hemorrhagic shock and multi-organ failure.[2][5]
Chapare virus RNA was detected in the blood, urine, conjunctiva, semen and in broncho-alveolar and nasopharyngeal samples of the infected patients. Those who survived often had prolonged residual neurological symptoms. Viral RNA was detected in survivors up to 170 days after infection and infectious Chapare virus was obtained in a semen sample of one patient 86 days after symptom onset.[5]
Treatment
editTreatment relies mostly on supportive care and early diagnosis. Specific antiviral therapy for Chapare virus infection has yet to be properly investigated.[5]
References
edit- ^ Buchmeier, Michael J.; et al. (2 July 2014). "Rename one (1) genus and twenty-five (25) species in the family Arenaviridae" (PDF). International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). Retrieved 14 June 2019.
in the family Arenaviridae change the name of genus Arenavirus to Mammarenavirus and convert the names of its constituent species to a binomial format, by appending the name Mammarenavirus to each existing name
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- ^ a b c d e Mafayle RL, Morales-Betoulle ME, Romero C, Cossaboom CM, Whitmer S, Aguilera CE, Ardaya CA, Zambrana MC, Anajia AD, Loayza NM, Montano AM, Alvis FL, Guzman JR, Martinez SS, De La Vega GA, Ramirez AM, Gutierrez JT, Pinto AJ, Bacci RS, Brignone J, Garcia J, Anez A, Mendez-Rico J, Luz K, Segales A, Cruz KM, Valdivia-Cayoja A, Amman BR, Choi MJ, Erickson BR, Goldsmith C, Graziano JC, Joyce A, Klena JD, Leach A, Malenfant JH, Nichol ST, Patel K, Sealy T, Shoemaker T, Spiropoulou CF, Todres A, Towner JS, Montgomery JM (June 2022). "Chapare hemorrhagic fever and virus detection in rodents in Bolivia in 2019". New England Journal of Medicine. 386 (24): 2283–2294. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa2110339. PMC 10245337. PMID 35704480.
- ^ "Researchers confirm human-to-human transmission of rare virus in Bolivia". the Guardian. 2020-11-16. Retrieved 2020-11-17.