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Disease caused by Arenavirus

MedGen UID:
2056
•Concept ID:
C0003756
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Arenaviridae Infection; Arenaviridae Infections; Infection, Arenaviridae; Infections, Arenaviridae
SNOMED CT: Disease caused by Arenavirus (3303004)

Definition

Virus diseases caused by the ARENAVIRIDAE. [from MeSH]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVDisease caused by Arenavirus

Professional guidelines

PubMed

The Importance of Lassa Fever and Its Disease Management in West Africa.
Reyna RA, Littlefield KE, Shehu N, Makishima T, Maruyama J, Paessler S
Viruses 2024 Feb 7;16(2) doi: 10.3390/v16020266. PMID: 38400041Free PMC Article
Lassa Fever Natural History and Clinical Management.
Grant DS, Samuels RJ, Garry RF, Schieffelin JS
Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 2023;440:165-192. doi: 10.1007/82_2023_263. PMID: 37106159
Lassa Fever: Epidemiology, Clinical Features, Diagnosis, Management and Prevention.
Asogun DA, Günther S, Akpede GO, Ihekweazu C, Zumla A
Infect Dis Clin North Am 2019 Dec;33(4):933-951. doi: 10.1016/j.idc.2019.08.002. PMID: 31668199

Recent clinical studies

Therapy

Platinum-Based Chemotherapy Attenuates the Effector Response of CD8 T Cells to Concomitant PD-1 Blockade.
Mariniello A, Nasti TH, Chang DY, Hashimoto M, Malik S, McManus DT, Lee J, McGuire DJ, Cardenas MA, Umana P, Nicolini V, Antia R, Saha A, Buchwald Z, Kissick H, Ghorani E, Novello S, Sangiolo D, Scagliotti GV, Ramalingam SS, Ahmed R
Clin Cancer Res 2024 May 1;30(9):1833-1845. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-23-1316. PMID: 37992307Free PMC Article
PD-1 combination therapy with IL-2 modifies CD8(+) T cell exhaustion program.
Hashimoto M, Araki K, Cardenas MA, Li P, Jadhav RR, Kissick HT, Hudson WH, McGuire DJ, Obeng RC, Wieland A, Lee J, McManus DT, Ross JL, Im SJ, Lee J, Lin JX, Hu B, West EE, Scharer CD, Freeman GJ, Sharpe AH, Ramalingam SS, Pellerin A, Teichgräber V, Greenleaf WJ, Klein C, Goronzy JJ, Umaña P, Leonard WJ, Smith KA, Ahmed R
Nature 2022 Oct;610(7930):173-181. Epub 2022 Sep 28 doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-05257-0. PMID: 36171288Free PMC Article
Progress in Anti-Mammarenavirus Drug Development.
Kim YJ, Venturini V, de la Torre JC
Viruses 2021 Jun 22;13(7) doi: 10.3390/v13071187. PMID: 34206216Free PMC Article
JAK/STAT pathway inhibition sensitizes CD8 T cells to dexamethasone-induced apoptosis in hyperinflammation.
Meyer LK, Verbist KC, Albeituni S, Scull BP, Bassett RC, Stroh AN, Tillman H, Allen CE, Hermiston ML, Nichols KE
Blood 2020 Aug 6;136(6):657-668. doi: 10.1182/blood.2020006075. PMID: 32530039Free PMC Article
Interleukin-12.
Brunda MJ
J Leukoc Biol 1994 Feb;55(2):280-8. doi: 10.1002/jlb.55.2.280. PMID: 7905508

Prognosis

Emerging patterns in rodent-borne zoonotic diseases.
Keesing F, Ostfeld RS
Science 2024 Sep 20;385(6715):1305-1310. Epub 2024 Sep 19 doi: 10.1126/science.adq7993. PMID: 39298587
Structural and molecular biology of Sabiá virus.
Bezerra EH, Melo-Hanchuk TD, Marques RE
Exp Biol Med (Maywood) 2023 Oct;248(19):1624-1634. Epub 2023 Nov 8 doi: 10.1177/15353702231199071. PMID: 37937408Free PMC Article
Lassa fever - the road ahead.
Garry RF
Nat Rev Microbiol 2023 Feb;21(2):87-96. Epub 2022 Sep 12 doi: 10.1038/s41579-022-00789-8. PMID: 36097163Free PMC Article
Vaccine platforms for the prevention of Lassa fever.
Purushotham J, Lambe T, Gilbert SC
Immunol Lett 2019 Nov;215:1-11. Epub 2019 Apr 23 doi: 10.1016/j.imlet.2019.03.008. PMID: 31026485Free PMC Article
Viral encephalitis.
Toltzis P
Adv Pediatr Infect Dis 1991;6:111-36. PMID: 1647166

Clinical prediction guides

Platinum-Based Chemotherapy Attenuates the Effector Response of CD8 T Cells to Concomitant PD-1 Blockade.
Mariniello A, Nasti TH, Chang DY, Hashimoto M, Malik S, McManus DT, Lee J, McGuire DJ, Cardenas MA, Umana P, Nicolini V, Antia R, Saha A, Buchwald Z, Kissick H, Ghorani E, Novello S, Sangiolo D, Scagliotti GV, Ramalingam SS, Ahmed R
Clin Cancer Res 2024 May 1;30(9):1833-1845. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-23-1316. PMID: 37992307Free PMC Article
Emergence of an ancient and pathogenic mammarenavirus.
Luo XL, Lu S, Qin C, Shi M, Lu XB, Wang L, Ga S, Jin D, Ma XL, Yang J, Dai Y, Bao LL, Cheng YP, Ge YJ, Bai YB, Zhu WT, Pu J, Sun H, Huang YY, Xu MC, Lei WJ, Dong K, Yang CX, Jiao YF, Lv Q, Li FD, Xu J
Emerg Microbes Infect 2023 Dec;12(1):e2192816. doi: 10.1080/22221751.2023.2192816. PMID: 36939609Free PMC Article
PD-1 combination therapy with IL-2 modifies CD8(+) T cell exhaustion program.
Hashimoto M, Araki K, Cardenas MA, Li P, Jadhav RR, Kissick HT, Hudson WH, McGuire DJ, Obeng RC, Wieland A, Lee J, McManus DT, Ross JL, Im SJ, Lee J, Lin JX, Hu B, West EE, Scharer CD, Freeman GJ, Sharpe AH, Ramalingam SS, Pellerin A, Teichgräber V, Greenleaf WJ, Klein C, Goronzy JJ, Umaña P, Leonard WJ, Smith KA, Ahmed R
Nature 2022 Oct;610(7930):173-181. Epub 2022 Sep 28 doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-05257-0. PMID: 36171288Free PMC Article
Interleukin-12.
Brunda MJ
J Leukoc Biol 1994 Feb;55(2):280-8. doi: 10.1002/jlb.55.2.280. PMID: 7905508
Zoonoses.
Goscienski PJ
Pediatr Infect Dis 1983 Jan-Feb;2(1):69-81. doi: 10.1097/00006454-198301000-00018. PMID: 6340080

Recent systematic reviews

A systematic review of mathematical models of Lassa fever.
Madueme PU, Chirove F
Math Biosci 2024 Aug;374:109227. Epub 2024 Jun 4 doi: 10.1016/j.mbs.2024.109227. PMID: 38844262
Lassa fever vaccine candidates: A scoping review of vaccine clinical trials.
Sulis G, Peebles A, Basta NE
Trop Med Int Health 2023 Jun;28(6):420-431. Epub 2023 Apr 24 doi: 10.1111/tmi.13876. PMID: 37095630Free PMC Article
Lack of Evidence for Ribavirin Treatment of Lassa Fever in Systematic Review of Published and Unpublished Studies(1).
Cheng HY, French CE, Salam AP, Dawson S, McAleenan A, McGuinness LA, Savović J, Horby PW, Sterne JAC
Emerg Infect Dis 2022 Aug;28(8):1559-1568. doi: 10.3201/eid2808.211787. PMID: 35876478Free PMC Article
Systematic review and meta-analysis of the epidemiology of Lassa virus in humans, rodents and other mammals in sub-Saharan Africa.
Kenmoe S, Tchatchouang S, Ebogo-Belobo JT, Ka'e AC, Mahamat G, Guiamdjo Simo RE, Bowo-Ngandji A, Demeni Emoh CP, Che E, Tchami Ngongang D, Amougou-Atsama M, Nzukui ND, Mbongue Mikangue CA, Mbaga DS, Kenfack S, Kingue Bebey SR, Amvongo Adjia N, Efietngab AN, Tazokong HR, Modiyinji AF, Kengne-Nde C, Sadeuh-Mba SA, Njouom R
PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2020 Aug;14(8):e0008589. Epub 2020 Aug 26 doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008589. PMID: 32845889Free PMC Article
Lassa fever in pregnancy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Kayem ND, Benson C, Aye CYL, Barker S, Tome M, Kennedy S, Ariana P, Horby P
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 2020 May 7;114(5):385-396. doi: 10.1093/trstmh/traa011. PMID: 32125412Free PMC Article

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