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												ReferencesFactsheet: Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis (LCM) Cdc-pdf[PDF - 3 pages]
Albarino CG, Palacios G, Khristova ML, et al. High diversity and ancient common ancestry of lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus. *Emerging Infectious Diseases*. 2010;16(7):1093-1100.
Amman BR, Pavlin BI, Albarińo CG, et al. Pet Rodents and Fatal Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis in Transplant Patients. *Emerging Infectious Diseases*. 2007;3(5):719-25.
Armstrong C and Lillie RD. Experimental lymphocytic choriomeningitis of monkeys and mice produced by a virus encountered in studies of the 1933 St. Louis encephalitis epidemic. *Public Health Reports*. 1934;49:1019-27.
Centers for Disease Control. Update: Interim Guidance for Minimizing Risk for Human Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus Infection Associated with Pet Rodents. *Morbidity Mortality Weekly Report*. 2005;54(32):799-801.
Fischer SA, Graham MB, Kuehnert MJ, et al. Transmission of Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus by Organ Transplantation. *New England Journal of Medicine*. 2006;354(21):2235-49.
Jahrling PB and Peters CJ. Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus. A neglected pathogen of man. *Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine*. 1992;116(5):486-8.
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Yama IN, Cazaux B, Britton-Davidian J, et al. Isolation and characterization of a new strain of lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus from rodents in southwestern France. *Vector Borne and Zoonotic Diseases*. 2012;12(10):893-903.

			
							
								Page last reviewed:  May 6, 2014						Content source:  	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology (DHCPP), Viral Special Pathogens Branch (VSPB) Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis (LCM)
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