Look up: Echovirus

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   echovirus
   [n] - any of a group of viruses associated with various diseases including viral meningitis and mild respiratory disorders and diarrhea in newborn infants
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   Echovirus
   Echovirus: A group of viruses found in the gastrointestinal tract. The 'echo' part of the name stands for enteric cytopathic human orphan viruses. 'Orphan' implied that they were viruses not associated with any disease. However, it is now known that echoviruses can cause a number of different diseases including rashes, diarrhea, respiratory infecti ...
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   echovirus
   <virology> A group of human picornaviruses found in the gastrointestinal tract. ... There are many inapparent infections, but certain of the serotypes are associated with fever, upper respiratory infections, aseptic meningitis and pericarditis. ... Echo is derived from enteric cytopathic human orphan, where orphan implies that they are not asso ...
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   echovirus
   noun any of a group of viruses associated with various diseases including viral meningitis and mild respiratory disorders and diarrhea in newborn infants
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   Echovirus
   An `echovirus` is a type of RNA virus that belongs to the genus `Enterovirus` of the `Picornaviridae` family. Echoviruses are found in the gastrointestinal tract (hence it being part of the enterovirus genus) and exposure to the virus causes other opportunistic infections and diseases.
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   echovirus
   (ek´o-vi″rәs) a species of viruses of the genus Enterovirus; the name was derived from the first letters of the description “enteric cytopathogenic human orphan.” At the time of the isolation of the viruses the diseases they caused were not known, hence the term “orphan,” but it is no...
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   echovirus
   (from the article `picornavirus`) ...invade the central nervous system as well; rhinoviruses, which infect the tissues in the vertebrate nose; and the virus agent of foot-and-mouth ... A large number of viruses of the digestive tract (enteroviruses)—among them poliovirus, Coxsackie viruses, and echoviruses (enteric cytopathic human...
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   echovirus
   Syn: ECHO virus
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