Kocksaki (?)/ Coxaci Virus ?

goyal001 at maroon.tc.umn.edu goyal001 at maroon.tc.umn.edu
Wed Jun 28 15:29:47 EST 1995


The virus that you are describing sounds like cox sackie virus which 
belongs to family Picornaviridae.

On Mon, 26 Jun 1995 17:59:55 GMT, 
Fred Gibson  <Fred at fgibson.demon.co.UK> wrote:

>Could anyone in this group give me any information regarding the above
>virus - I've only heard the name so the spelling is very tentative. A
>friend of ours tested positive for this after having a severe stomach
>ache and subsequently lost the baby she was carrying, as a result. I
>think it would help her a bit to have some more information than she
>has currently been supplied with, and would be grateful for any
>pointers, spelling or otherwise.
>
>Thanks.
>
>

Sagar M. Goyal
Department of Veterinary Diagnostic Medicine 
University of Minnesota
St. Paul, MN 55108, USA
Phone: 612-625-2714
Fax:   612-624-8707



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