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- noun Plural form of
coxsackievirus .
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Many enteroviruses are associated with specific syndromes, for example, the group B coxsackieviruses more commonly cause meningitis or myopericarditis and enterovirus 71 causes hand-foot-mouth disease (vesicular eruption and inflammation of the throat and mouth with rash) with or without encephalitis.
Chapter 2 1998
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Within this family are several genera (subgroups of viruses with similar properties that have specific names) including polioviruses, coxsackieviruses (two groups, A and B), echoviruses and enteroviruses (a specific name, as opposed to the general description above).
Chapter 2 1998
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