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coxsackie A virus
Etiologic agent of:
1) hand, foot & mouth disease
2) herpangina
Laboratory:
- Coxsackievirus A serology
Related
coxsackievirus RNA
disseminated enteroviral infection
hand-foot-&-mouth disease
herpangina
General
coxsackievirus
Properties
KINGDOM: virus
GENOME-TYPE: RNA
SINGLE-STRANDED
POSITIVE-STRAND
GENOME-SIZE: 7.2-8.4 kB
ENVELOPE: NONE
CAPSID-SYMMETRY: ICOSAHEDRAL
References
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Notes from the Field: Severe Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease
Associated with Coxsackievirus A6 - Alabama, Connecticut,
California, and Nevada, November 2011-February 2012
MMWR March 30, 2012 / 61(12);213-214
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6112a5.htm