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Antibodies

ECHO virus type 9 exanthem

Nonpolio enterovirus infection

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

ECHO virus can be identified from throat, stool, and rectal swabs or from spinal fluid.

Review Date: 10/17/2006
Reviewed By: Benjamin W. Van Voorhees, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.