Enterovirus C

Enterovirus C
TEM micrograph of poliovirus virions.
Scale bar, 50 nm.
Virus classification
Group: Group IV ((+)ssRNA)
Order: Picornavirales
Family: Picornaviridae
Genus: Enterovirus
Species: Enterovirus C

Enterovirus C is a species of enterovirus. Its best known subtype is poliovirus, the cause of poliomyelitis.[1] There are three serotypes of poliovirus, PV1, PV2, and PV3. Other subtypes of Enterovirus C include EV-C95, EV-C96, EV-C99, EV-C102, EV-C104, EV-C105, EV-C109, EV-C116, EV-C117, and EV-C118. Several of these can cause the polio-like condition AFP (acute flaccid paralysis).

References

  1. "ICTV 2009 Master Species List Version 10". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses. August 2011.


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