Coxsackieviruses in human disease.
The outstanding feature of this group of viruses is the wide spectrum of disease it produces in man. Type B viruses have been associated with gastroenteritis, pleurodynia, pharyngitis, meningoencephalitis, aseptic meningitis, pericarditis, myocarditis and respiratory infections. Type A viruses are associated with herpangina, hand, foot and mouth disease, conjunctivitis, meningoencephalitis and respiratory infections. The diagnostic virology laboratory is developing rapid methods of identification.
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D003384:Coxsackievirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology / Q000635:transmission; D004199:Disease Vectors; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn