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echovirus
[ ek-oh-vahy-ruhs ]
noun
plural echoviruses.
- any of numerous retroviruses of the picornavirus group, some harmless and others associated with various human disorders, as aseptic meningitis.
echovirus
/ ˈɛ°ìəʊˌ±¹²¹Éª°ùÉ™²õ /
noun
- any of a group of viruses that can cause symptoms of mild meningitis, the common cold, or infections of the intestinal and respiratory tracts
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of echovirus1
1950–55; echo- (acronym from enteric cytopathogenic human orphan ) + virus; originally termed “orphan†because they were not known to be the cause of any disease
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of echovirus1
C20: from the initials of Enteric Cytopathic Human Orphan ("orphan" because originally believed to be unrelated to any disease) + virus
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Acute flaccid paralysis, that’s acute paralysis of parts of the body–in this case the limbs, can result from a variety of viruses including polio virus and non-polio enteroviruses including enterovirus 68, West Nile Disease, echovirus and adenoviruses.
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