The Coxsackie Group of Viruses

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Abstract
The provisional designation "Coxsackie Virus" is sug-gested for those viruses that are pathogenic for suckling mice and hamsters and that have recently been associated with "poliomyelitis.** "Coxsackie Virus" is suggested because the first recognized human cases were residents of that New York village. Since a number of viruses may be involved, the term "Coxsackie Group of Viruses" seems especially suitable. The term may properly be applied to viruses having the unusual host range described in published studies and the faculty of inducing severe, destructive lesions of the striated muscles, with or without encephalomalacia in immature mice and ham-. sters.
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