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Descriptor English: Enterovirus
Descriptor Spanish: Enterovirus
Descriptor enterovirus
Scope note: Género de la familia PICORNAVIRIDAE cuyos miembros habitan preferentemente en el tubo digestivo de diferentes huéspedes. El género comprende muchas especies. A los nuevos miembros descritos de enterovirus humanos se les asignan números consecutivos, designando a la especie como enterovirus humanos.
Descriptor Portuguese: Enterovirus
Descriptor French: Enterovirus
Entry term(s): Coxsackie Viruses
Coxsackieviruses
Tree number(s): B04.820.578.750.284
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004770
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.
Annotation: note X ref COXSACKIEVIRUSES: GEN only, prefer specific Coxsackievirus terms; infection = ENTEROVIRUS INFECTIONS or COXSACKIEVIRUS INFECTIONS, follow text
Allowable Qualifiers: CH chemistry
CL classification
DE drug effects
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PH physiology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
Public MeSH Note: 94,63-74; was ENTEROVIRUSES 1975-93
Online Note: use ENTEROVIRUS to search ENTEROVIRUSES 1975-93
History Note: 94,63-74; was ENTEROVIRUSES 1975-93
DeCS ID: 31734
Unique ID: D004770
NLM Classification: QW 168.5.P4
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Date Established: 1994/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2015/06/22
Enterovirus - Preferred
Concept UI M0007489
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.
Preferred term Enterovirus
Coxsackieviruses - Narrower
Concept UI M0005274
Scope note Heterogeneous serotypes of various species in the genus ENTEROVIRUS, found in association with various diseases in man and other animals. The specific coxsackieviruses are distributed among the species HUMAN ENTEROVIRUS A; HUMAN ENTEROVIRUS B; and HUMAN ENTEROVIRUS C. The name is derived from a village in New York State where the virus was first identified.
Preferred term Coxsackieviruses
Entry term(s) Coxsackie Viruses



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