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Coxsackie virus

NOUN
  1. enterovirus causing a disease resembling poliomyelitis but without paralysis

How To Use Coxsackie virus In A Sentence

  • Coxsackie virus; Multiple organs and multiple systems disfunction; Young child.
  • Coxsackie viruses can also cause meningitis, an infection of the meninges (the three membranes that envelop the brain and spinal cord), and rarely, encephalitis, a brain infection.
  • HFMD/HA is caused by a few serotypes of enterovirus, most frequently coxsackie virus A16 (CAV A16) and human enterovirus 71 (HEV 71).
  • Named after Coxsackie, New York, where they were discovered, the coxsackie viruses are part of the enterovirus family of viruses (which also includes echoviruses, polio, and hepatitis A viruses) that live in the human digestive tract.
  • Children with Coxsackie virus may become dehydrated because mouth sores can make it painful to eat and drink.
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