Epidemic myalgia, also known as epidemic pleurodynia or Bornholm disease, is an infectious disease caused by group B coxsackieviruses in the genus Enterovirus, the family Picornaviridae of +ssRNA viruses. It was first described in 1872 in Bamble, Norway. Group B coxsackieviruses are transmitted via the fecal-oral route.
Category
Viral infectious disease
Brite
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
Certain other viral diseases
1D83 Epidemic myalgia
H02413 Epidemic myalgia
Genome-based classification of infectious diseases [BR:br08401]
Viral infections
Infections caused by +ssRNA viruses
H02413 Epidemic myalgia
