Coxsackie viruses are group of viruses which live in the intestines and spread in fecal matter, any of which can cause a disease resembling polio (but without the paralysis) that tends to occur in children during warm weather.

From the BioTech Dictionary at http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/. For further information see the BioTech homenode.

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