Lymphocytic choriomeningitis
RODENT-BORNE VIRAL INFECTIOUS DISEASE THAT PRESENTS AS ASEPTIC MENINGITIS, ENCEPHALITIS OR MENINGOENCEPHALITIS
Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus; LCM virus; Lymphocytic meningitis; Lcmv; LCMV; Recurrent benign lymphocytic meningitis; LMC virus; Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis virus; Lymphocytic choriomeningitis mammarenavirus
Lymphocytic choriomeningitis (LCM) is a rodent-borne viral infectious disease that presents as aseptic meningitis, encephalitis or meningoencephalitis. Its causative agent is lymphocytic choriomeningitis mammarenavirus (LCMV), a member of the family Arenaviridae.