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Broader types of Enteroviruses:
Incidence (annual) of Enteroviruses: estimated 10-15 million cases annually in USA (DVRD)
Incidence Rate of Enteroviruses: approx 1 in 27 or 3.68% or 10 million people in USA [about data]
Prevalance of Enteroviruses:
Non-polio
enteroviruses are second only to the "common cold" viruses,
the rhinoviruses, as the most common viral infectious agents in humans.
The enteroviruses cause an estimated 10-15 million or more symptomatic
infections a year in the United States. (Source: excerpt from Non-Polio Enterovirus Infections: DVRD)
Profile for Enteroviruses: Everyone is at risk. Infants, children, and adolescents are more likely to be susceptible to infection and illness from these viruses, but adults can also become infected and ill if they do not have immunity to a specific enterovirus. (Source: excerpt from Non-Polio Enterovirus Infections: DVRD)
Complications of Enteroviruses:
see complications of Enteroviruses
Causes of Enteroviruses: see causes of Enteroviruses
Symptoms of Enteroviruses: see symptoms of Enteroviruses
Complications of Enteroviruses: see complications of Enteroviruses
Seasonality of Enteroviruses: In the United States, infections caused by the enteroviruses are most likely to occur during the summer and fall. (Source: excerpt from Non-Polio Enterovirus Infections: DVRD)
More information:
see contagiousness of Enteroviruses
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Enteroviruses.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Enteroviruses.
Treatments for Enteroviruses:
see treatments for Enteroviruses
Prevention of Enteroviruses:
see prevention of Enteroviruses
Costs of Enteroviruses: The health
care costs from enterovirus infections are unknown, but a large portion
of the costs may come from use of over-the-counter medications to treat
symptoms for millions of cases of "summer colds and flu". There
are also significant costs associated with the 30,000 to 50,000 hospitalizations
for aseptic meningitis each year in the United States. (Source: excerpt from Non-Polio Enterovirus Infections: DVRD)
Organs and body systems related to Enteroviruses include:
Main name of condition: Enteroviruses
Class of Condition for Enteroviruses: viral
Enterovirus
Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Enteroviruses:
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