Coxsackie virus infection

Coxsackie virus infection is a viral infectious disease caused by coxsackie virus. Coxsachie virus is an enterovirus classified into two types, A and B. Infection during pregnancy can cause non-paralytic poliomyelitis and cause intrauterine infection and teratogenesis. Clinical manifestations are complex and diverse, including aseptic meningitis, encephalitis, myocarditis, pericarditis, epidemic pectoral myalgia, and herpetic angina, and some are similar to polio.

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