Disorder marked by high fever, mouth ulcers, muscle aches, hemorrhagic skin lesions, and severe heart, lung, and kidney damage; caused by an arenavirus. Transmission is via the house rat and human-to-human contact. Mortality rate is 40%-60%.
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