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The Enteroviruses: An Emerging Infectious Disease? The Real, the Speculative and the Really Speculative

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Hot Topics in Infection and Immunity in Children IV

Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology ((AEMB,volume 609))

The human enteroviruses (EVs), which include the polioviruses, Coxsackie A and B viruses, ECHO viruses, and numbered EVs, produce a well-recognized list of clinical manifestations, ranging from mild febrile illness, respiratory infections, and characteristic exanthematous and enanthematous diseases such as hand-foot-mouth disease and herpangina, to potentially severe illnesses such as myocarditis, encephalitis, and neonatal sepsis (Table 1). The EVs have also been linked to a variety of other conditions, including chronic autoimmune diseases, cardiovascular diseases, and neurologic diseases, although definitive proof of causation is lacking (Table 2) (Palacios and Oberste 2005).

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Abzug, M.J. (2008). The Enteroviruses: An Emerging Infectious Disease? The Real, the Speculative and the Really Speculative. In: Finn, A., Pollard, A.J. (eds) Hot Topics in Infection and Immunity in Children IV. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 609. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-73960-1_1

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