enterovirus
any of several picornaviruses of the genus Enterovirus, including poliovirus, that infect the human gastrointestinal tract and cause diseases of the nervous system.
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- en·ter·o·vi·ral, adjective
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How to use enterovirus in a sentence
We know there will be more children and adults susceptible to enterovirus D-68, influenza, parainfluenza, RSV.
Coronavirus shutdowns have quashed nearly all other common viruses. But scientists say a rebound is coming. | Dan Hurley | January 12, 2021 | Washington PostOther patients do test positive for another enterovirus, EV-A71, which seems to target kids younger than the five-year-old average and offer a somewhat better prognosis for recovery.
AFM, a Biennial Polio-Like Viral Illness, Is Expected to Hit the U.S. in 2020 | Jeffrey Kluger | August 4, 2020 | TimeUsually they trade sniffles and exaggerated stories of late night derring-do; now they are exchanging enterovirus EV-68.
Midwest's 'Mystery Virus' Is Scary but Not Deadly | Kent Sepkowitz | September 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe viral infection sending hundreds of Midwestern kids to the hospital is EV-68, a rather nasty strain of enterovirus.
Midwest's 'Mystery Virus' Is Scary but Not Deadly | Kent Sepkowitz | September 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThis strain of enterovirus seems unusually provocative in irritating lower airways, thereby causing airway narrowing.
Midwest's 'Mystery Virus' Is Scary but Not Deadly | Kent Sepkowitz | September 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Polio is an enterovirus (lives and is replicated in our intestines) that is spread via fecal-oral transmission.
U.N. Calls Middle East Polio Outbreak ‘Greatest Polio Challenge in History’ | Kent Sepkowitz | April 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTPolio is one of many viruses belonging to the "enterovirus" family.
British Dictionary definitions for enterovirus
/ (ˌɛntərəʊˈvaɪrəs) /
any of a group of viruses that occur in and cause diseases of the gastrointestinal tract
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Scientific definitions for enterovirus
[ ĕn′tə-rō-vī′rəs ]
Any of various viruses of the genus Enterovirus in the family Picornaviridae, including polioviruses, coxsackieviruses, and echoviruses. Enteroviruses affect the intestinal tract and also cause respiratory, neurologic and other infections.
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