Lymphocytic choriomeningitis from pet hamster exposure: a local public health experience.

Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis in the Syrian Hamster

The virus of lymphocytic choriomeningitis produces an intense systemic infection in Syrian hamsters with few if any clinical and pathological signs of disease. Specific soluble antigen is demonstrable in the spleen of infected animals until about the 14th day when antisoluble substance antibodies make their appearance. Circulating virus disappears after the 4th week and neutralizing antibodies ...

Lymphocytic choriomeningitis in a pet store worker in Romania.

Pet Rodents and Fatal Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis in Transplant Patients

In April 2005, 4 transplant recipients became ill after receiving organs infected with lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV); 3 subsequently died. All organs came from a donor who had been exposed to a hamster infected with LCMV. The hamster was traced back through a Rhode Island pet store to a distribution center in Ohio, and more LCMV-infected hamsters were discovered in both. Rodents fro...

Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis

Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) is a pathogen, normally carried in rodents, which can cause aseptic meningitis and other conditions in humans. Most people experience a relatively mild illness and fatal infections are rare; however, pregnant women may give birth to congenitally infected infants with severe defects of the brain and eye. In a few instances, this virus has been transmitte...

Exposure to Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus, New York, USA

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