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Virus classification 
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| (unranked): | Virus |
| Realm: | Riboviria |
| Kingdom: | Orthornavirae |
| Phylum: | Negarnaviricota |
| Class: | Ellioviricetes |
| Order: | Bunyavirales |
| Family: | Arenaviridae |
| Genus: | Mammarenavirus |
| Species: | Mammarenavirus juninense
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Mammarenavirus juninense, better known as the Junin virus or Junín virus (JUNV),[1] is an arenavirus in the Mammarenavirus genus that causes Argentine hemorrhagic fever (AHF).[2] The virus took its original name from the city of Junín, around which the first cases of infection were reported, in 1958.
- ^ "History of the taxon: Mammarenavirus juninense".
- ^ Grant A, Seregin A, Huang C, Kolokoltsova O, Brasier A, Peters C, Paessler S (2012). "Junín Virus Pathogenesis and Virus Replication". Viruses. 4 (10). National Institutes of Health: 2317–2339. doi:10.3390/v4102317. PMC 3497054. PMID 23202466.
Junín virus, the etiological agent of Argentine hemorrhagic fever, causes significant morbidity and mortality.