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Cardioviruses are genetically diverse and cause common enteric infections in South Asian children.
Journal of virology - 1 May 2009
Blinkova Olga, Kapoor Amit, Victoria Joseph, Jones Morris, Wolfe Nathan, Naeem Asif, Shaukat Shahzad, Sharif Salmaan, Alam Muhammad Masroor, Angez Mehar, Zaidi Sohail, Delwart Eric L
Abstract excerpt
Cardioviruses cause enteric infections in mice and rats which when disseminated have been associated with myocarditis, type 1 diabetes, encephalitis, and multiple sclerosis-like symptoms. Cardioviruses have also been detected at lower frequencies in other mammals. The Cardiovirus genus within the Picornaviridae family is currently made up of two viral species, Theilovirus and Encephalomyocarditis virus. Until...
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