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To the Editor: We find the description of a "new arenavirus" by Palacios and colleagues (March 6 issue)¹ interesting, but we consider several of their conclusions to be unjustified or misleading. First, the characterized virus is simply lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV), its nucleotide sequence lying well within the range of variability for the species as defined by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) for this virus. Second, diagnostic tests for LCMV (polymerase chain reaction, serologic tests, or viral isolation) would undoubtedly have detected the agent, had these tests been used on initial screening. The omission of these tests . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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