Enterovirus C | |
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TEM micrograph of poliovirus virions. Scale bar, 50 nm. |
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Virus classification | |
Group: | Group IV ((+)ssRNA) |
Order: | Picornavirales |
Family: | Picornaviridae |
Genus: | Enterovirus |
Species: | Enterovirus C |
Enterovirus C is a species of enterovirus. Its best known subtype is poliovirus, the cause of poliomyelitis. There are three serotypes of poliovirus, PV1, PV2, and PV3. Other subtypes of Enterovirus C include EV-C95, EV-C96, EV-C99, EV-C102, EV-C104, EV-C105, EV-C109, EV-C116, EV-C117, and EV-C118. Several of these can cause the polio-like condition AFP (acute flaccid paralysis).