Virus
coxsackie virus
Definitions related to coxsackie viruses:
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(coxsackievirus) Cause herpangina, aseptic meningitis, pleurodynia, nyalgis, orchitis and myocarditis; divided into groups A and B on basis of disease signs in suckling mice.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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(coxsackieviruses) Heterogeneous serotypes of various species in the genus ENTEROVIRUS, found in association with various diseases in man and other animals. The specific coxsackieviruses are distributed among the species HUMAN ENTEROVIRUS A; HUMAN ENTEROVIRUS B; and HUMAN ENTEROVIRUS C. The name is derived from a village in New York State where the virus was first identified.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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Coxsackieviruses belong to the family Picornaviridae and the genus Enterovirus, which also includes poliovirus and echovirus. Enteroviruses are among the most common and important human pathogens.WebMD, 2019
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