Preferred Name

Coxsackievirus
Synonyms
Definitions

Coxsackievirus is a virus that belongs to a family of nonenveloped, linear, positive-sense ssRNA viruses, Picornaviridae and the genus Enterovirus, which also includes poliovirus and echovirus. Enteroviruses are among the most common and important human pathogens, and ordinarily its members are transmitted by the fecal-oral route. Coxsackieviruses share many characteristics with poliovirus. With control of poliovirus infections in much of the world, more attention has been focused on understanding the nonpolio enteroviruses such as coxsackievirus. Coxsackieviruses are among the leading causes of aseptic meningitis, the other usual suspects are echovirus and mumps virus. source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coxsackievirus

ID

http://purl.org/obo/owl/NCBITaxon#NCBITaxon_12066

definition

Coxsackievirus is a virus that belongs to a family of nonenveloped, linear, positive-sense ssRNA viruses, Picornaviridae and the genus Enterovirus, which also includes poliovirus and echovirus. Enteroviruses are among the most common and important human pathogens, and ordinarily its members are transmitted by the fecal-oral route. Coxsackieviruses share many characteristics with poliovirus. With control of poliovirus infections in much of the world, more attention has been focused on understanding the nonpolio enteroviruses such as coxsackievirus. Coxsackieviruses are among the leading causes of aseptic meningitis, the other usual suspects are echovirus and mumps virus. source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coxsackievirus

label

Coxsackievirus

PMID

18357766

prefixIRI

ncbitaxon:NCBITaxon_12066

prefLabel

Coxsackievirus

related_synonym

Coxsakievirus

pathogenic coxsackievirus B3

coxsackievirus B3

CVB3

source

http://purl.org/obo/owl/NCBITaxon#NCBITaxon_12066

subClassOf

http://purl.org/obo/owl/NCBITaxon#NCBITaxon_10239

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