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Viruses > RNA Viruses > Positive-Strand RNA Viruses > Picornaviridae > Enterovirus

Preferred term

Enterovirus  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Coxsackieviruses

Note

  • note X ref COXSACKIEVIRUSES: GEN only, prefer specific Coxsackievirus terms; infection = ENTEROVIRUS INFECTIONS or COXSACKIEVIRUS INFECTIONS, follow text

Scope note

  • A genus of the family PICORNAVIRIDAE whose members preferentially inhabit the intestinal tract of a variety of hosts. The genus contains many species. Newly described members of human enteroviruses are assigned continuous numbers with the species designated "human enterovirus".

History note

  • 94,63-74; was ENTEROVIRUSES 1975-93

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D004770

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