Table 1:

Overview of Arenaviruses

Arenavirus†	Disease	Year of discovery	Geographic distribution	Incubation period
LCMV	Lymphocytic choriomeningitis	1933	Worldwide	1–3 weeks
Lassa virus	Lassa fever	1969	West Africa	3–21 days
South American HF viruses			South America	7–14 days
Junin	Argentine HF	1958	North-central Argentina
Machupo	Bolivian HF	1963	Northeast Bolivia
Guanarito	Venezuelan HF	1989	Central Venezuela
Sabia	Brazilian HF	1993	Brazil
Chapare	Chapare HF	2004	Cochabamba region of Bolivia
Lujo	Lujo HF	2008	Southern Africa	7–13 days

^†Adapted from https://www.cdc.gov/vhf/virusfamilies/arenaviridae.html (accessed May 25, 2018)

Abbreviations: HF, hemorrhagic fever; LCMV, lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus