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ECHO virus - Symptom
Alternative Names
Nonpolio enterovirus infection
Symptoms:
ECHO viruses cause a wide variety of conditions. Symptoms vary with the type of disease produced and can be found under the specific diagnosis:
- Acute gastroenteritis
- Viral pharyngitis
- Herpangina (mouth sores)
- Croup
- Upper respiratory infection
- Pneumonia
- Pericarditis
- Myocarditis
- Aseptic meningitis
- Encephalitis
Signs and tests:
ECHO virus can be identified from throat, stool, and rectal swabs or from spinal fluid.
- Reviewed last on: 10/17/2006
- Benjamin W. Van Voorhees, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
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