Picornavirus

Picornaviruses are nonenveloped viruses that represent a large family of small, cytoplasmic, plus-strand RNA(~7.5kb) viruses with a 30 nm icosahedral capsid. Its genome does not have a lipid membrane. They include enteroviruses.

Picornaviruses include the coxsackieviruses, several of which have been reported to trigger ME/CFS.

See also

• Enterovirus
• Coxsackievirus

Learn more

• Picornaviruses (book chapter)

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