PostHeaderIcon ECHO Virus Infections

Infections with Enteric Cytopathic human orphan virus (ECHO, by its initials in English) are common.

Severe infections with these viruses are less common, but can be significant. It is believed that one of five cases of aseptic meningitis brain infection is caused by an ECHO virus.
Symptoms

ECHO viruses cause a wide variety of diseases. Symptoms depend on the type of disease:

  • Aseptic meningitis
  • Croup
  • Encephalitis
  • Mouth sores (herpangina)
  • Myocarditis
  • Pericarditis
  • Pneumonia
  • Rashes
  • Infection of the upper airway
  • Viral pharyngitis

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