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Coxsackie A virus is a subgroup of enterovirus A, which are small, non-enveloped, positive-sense, single-stranded RNA viruses. Its protective, icosahedral capsid has an external portion that contains sixty copies of viral proteins (VP1,-2,-3) and an internal portion surrounding the RNA genome containing sixty copies of VP4 viral proteins.
In 2007, an outbreak of coxsackievirus occurred in eastern China. It has been reported that 22 children died. More than 800 people were affected, with 200 children hospitalized. [18] Cavatak, a wild-type Coxsackievirus A21, is being used in human clinical trials as an oncolytic virus.
Usually, herpangina is produced by one particular strain of coxsackie virus A (and the term "herpangina virus" refers to coxsackievirus A), [1] but it can also be caused by coxsackievirus B or echoviruses. [2] Most cases of herpangina occur in the summer, [3] affecting mostly children. However, it occasionally occurs in adolescents and adults.
RSV is respiratory syncytial (sin-SISH-uhl) virus, usually causes mild, cold-like symptoms, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control, and most people recover within a week or two.
Contaminated objects can also spread the disease. [8] Coxsackievirus A16 is the most common cause, and enterovirus 71 is the second-most common cause. [6] Other strains of coxsackievirus and enterovirus can also be responsible. [6] [12] Some people may carry and pass on the virus despite having no symptoms of disease. [10] Other animals are not ...
Coxsackie B infections usually do not cause serious disease, although for newborns in the first 1–2 weeks of life, Coxsackie B infections can easily be fatal. [2] The pancreas is a frequent target, which can cause pancreatitis. [2] Coxsackie B3 (CB3) infections are the most common enterovirus cause of myocarditis and sudden cardiac death. [8]
RSV typically causes cold-like symptoms in adults, and can be as contagious as the common cold.
Coxsackie B viruses are found worldwide and can cause myocarditis (inflammation of the heart); pericarditis (inflammation of the sac surrounding the heart); meningitis (inflammation of the membranes that line the brain and spinal cord); and pancreatitis (inflammation of the pancreas). The Coxsackie B viruses are also reported to cause a spastic ...