Coxsackie virus infections

Coxsackie Virus Infections in Southern Africa

Coxsackie virus infections and heart disease.

T he causative factors of most congenital anomalies remain unknown in spite of voluminous literature published on the subject during the last three decades. The relatively large number of known determinants of abnormalities, such as genetic factors, chromosomal aberrations, endocrine disturbances, drugs and chemicals, radiation, physical injury, malnutrition, and infection, although well docume...

A study of Coxsackie B virus infections, 1972-1983.

The results of a twelve-year study of Coxsackie B virus (CBV) infections in patients with a variety of acute and chronic illnesses are reported. CBVs were isolated from only 123 patients most of whom were children with respiratory illness. Virus diagnosis in adults was based mainly on the detection of significant rising or static high neutralizing antibody titres. Between 1972 and 1979 most inv...

Counterelectrophoresis on human serum in coxsackie virus infections.

Pathogenesis of Coxsackie Virus Infection

The quantitative distribution of the Conn.-5 strain of Coxsackie virus in different tissues was determined by serial titration at intervals after inoculation of 4 to 5 day old mice. High titers were reached by the 2nd day in blood, heart, liver, muscle, intestine, and its contents, and these were maintained through the 8th day, except for the blood, in which the virus level fell earlier. In par...