“…Human children and adults acquire LCMV infections either by contact with fomites contaminated with infectious virus recently shed by rodents, by inhaling aerosolized virus, or via transplanted organs or tissues 2, 7, 9, 10. LCMV infection during postnatal life typically consists of a brief febrile illness from which the patient fully recovers 11. Classic signs and symptoms are those of aseptic meningitis and include fever, headache, myalgia, anorexia, vomiting, and photophobia.…”