VIRUS COXSACKIE VIRUS COXSACKIE / virus Coxsackie / Coxsackie virus. [Cox-socfeie = [ocoiitate in statui 9^ew yorS^ unde. [ocuiau primii doi purtatori identificafl ai virusului} Specie de v. ARN, fara capsula, din genul "Enterovirus, familia 'Picornaviridae. Se dis-ting: v. C. A, responsabil de "herpangina, afectiuni ale cailor respiratorii, hepatite, eruptii cutanate, meningite limfocitare, si v. C. B, implicat In 'mialgia epidemica, Tn unele afectiuni res¬piratorii, exanteme, diaree, atingeri cardiace si nervoase si, probabil, in unele malformatii.