Coxsackie

• First in 1948 during investigation into polio: named after settlement in which it was found, Coxsackie, NY

• 61 non-polioviruses that can cause disease : 23 are Coxsackie A viruses.

• Second most common viral infectious agent after rhinos

• Most well known Coxsackie A :

• • • • A16 : HFM disease
      • A24 : first enterovirus that causes eye disease

• Transmitted by fecal contamination