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Epidemic Pleurodynia (Bornholm Disease)

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An acute, febrile, infectious disease generally occurring in epidemics. It is usually caused by coxsackieviruses B and sometimes by coxsackieviruses A; echoviruses; or other enteroviruses.

Also Known As:

Bornholm Disease; Pleurodynia, Epidemic; Epidemic Myalgia; Epidemic Myalgias; Epidemic Pleurodynias; Myalgias, Epidemic; Pleurodynias, Epidemic; Myalgia, Epidemic

Networked: 1 relevant articles (0 outcomes, 0 trials/studies)

Disease Context: Research Results

Virus Diseases: 1820
- RNA Virus Infections: 103
  - Picornaviridae Infections: 47
    - Enterovirus Infections: 209
      - Coxsackievirus Infections: 69
        Epidemic Pleurodynia: 1

Drugs and Biologics

Drugs and Important Biological Agents (IBA) related to Epidemic Pleurodynia:

1.	Immunoglobulin M (IgM)IBA 11/29/1980 - "Coxsackie-B-virus-specific IgM was detected in the sera of 21 of 57 (36.8%) patients with Bornholm disease and 2 of 4 patients with acute-onset juvenile diabetes. "