Human Coxsackievirus B Reference Strains

Last updated: 08/05/2024

 Human coxsackievirus B (CV-B)
 Enterovirus
species*
Serotype Strain Origin Year Illness Source Reference
HEV-B CVB1 Conn-5 Connecticut 1948 Aseptic meningitis stools Melnick
HEV-B CVB2 Ohio-1 Ohio 1947 Summer gripe stools Melnick
HEV-B CVB3 Nancy Connecticut 1949 Minor febrile illness stools Melnick
HEV-B CVB4 JVB (Benshoeten) New York 1951 Chest and abdominal pain stools Sickles
HEV-B CVB5 Faulkner Kentucky 1952 Mild paralytic disease with residual atrophy stools Steigman
SVDV/UKG/27/72** England 1972 Swine vesicular disease vesicular fluid Dawe et al., 1973

HEV-B

CVB6 Schmitt Philippines 1953 none stools Hammon
* HEV-B, Human enterovirus B
All from humans except ** (swine vesicular disease virus) which is a porcine variant.

 

References

Melnick

Sickles

Steigman

Hammon

Dawe et al., 1973 (Nature ...)