enterovirus

1 7.7

A virus that infects the gut and can spread to the nerves

noun
/ˌɛntəˈroʊvaɪrəs/

Specialized

: enterovirus

We have presented longitudinal data reflecting changing patterns of enterovirus prevalence over a 13-year period in South Korea while explicitly noting the changing laboratory methodology over that period.
enterovirus infections
human enterovirus
enterovirus 71

Examples

There are currently 66 enterovirus serotypes that can cause over 20 clinically recognized syndromes (Oberste, Maher, Kilpatrick, & Pallansch, 1999).

Academic text (2002)
Fecal samples are the most common samples obtained from patients suspected of having enterovirus infections.

Academic text (2013)
I was reading that last summer they had an outbreak of enterovirus encephalitis.

Contagion (2011)
Evaluation of findings from surveillance of enterovirus infections will contribute to the development of prevention and treatment plans.

Academic text (2013)
Her research interests include diagnosis, epidemiology, and characterization of enterovirus infections.

Academic text (2013)
Since many enteroviruses are closely related, infection by one enterovirus can result in an apparent serological response to other related viruses.

Academic text (2002)
A fecal sample collected 2 weeks later yielded positive test results for parechovirus type 3 and negative results for enterovirus and adenovirus.

Academic text (2012)
For instance, in France and Spain, echovirus 11 and echovirus 6 are the predominant serotypes in patients with enterovirus respiratory infections (2, 3).

Academic text (2012)
Doctors are studying how enterovirus infections affect the nervous system in children.
An outbreak of enterovirus can lead to severe gastrointestinal symptoms and neurological complications.

Synonyms

picornavirus

vsenterovirus

Specialized

1 8.1

A very small virus that can cause diseases like polio or the common cold

is a narrower group that infects the gut and often spreads to the nervous system

Surface Forms

enterovirus singular

enteroviruses plural

Morphology

enterovirus = virus (opaque) = entero + virus

The combining form 'entero-' is a specialist bound morpheme meaning 'intestine' and is unlikely to be known by an average B1 learner, so they cannot reliably derive 'intestinal virus' from the parts.

Etymology

Enterovirus comes from entero- which means 'intestine' and virus which means 'poison' or 'germ'. So an enterovirus is a virus that lives in the gut and often starts in the intestines before it spreads to other parts of the body.