Junín virus
| Junín virus | |
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| TEM and illustration of Junín virus (JUNV) particle and phylogenetic tree | |
| Virus classification | |
| (unranked): | Virus |
| Realm: | Riboviria |
| Kingdom: | Orthornavirae |
| Phylum: | Negarnaviricota |
| Class: | Bunyaviricetes |
| Order: | Hareavirales |
| Family: | Arenaviridae |
| Genus: | Mammarenavirus |
| Species: | Mammarenavirus juninense |
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Junin virus or Junín virus (JUNV), is an arenavirus in the Mammarenavirus genus that causes Argentine hemorrhagic fever (AHF). The virus took its original name from the city of Junín, around which the first cases of infection were reported, in 1958.