echovirus

American

[ek-oh-vahy-ruhs] / ˈɛk oʊˌvaɪ rəs /

Also echo virus,

noun

plural

echoviruses

any of numerous retroviruses of the picornavirus group, some harmless and others associated with various human disorders, as aseptic meningitis.

echovirus British

/ ˈɛkəʊˌvaɪrəs /

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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Etymology

Origin of echovirus

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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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.

From Scientific American

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