Herpangina is a mouth infection caused by coxsackieviruses in the genus Enterovirus, the family Picornaviridae of +ssRNA viruses, affecting mostly children in summer.
Category
Viral infectious disease
Brite
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
Viral infections characterised by skin or mucous membrane lesions
1F05 Picornavirus infections presenting in the skin or mucous membranes
H01327 Herpangina
Genome-based classification of infectious diseases [BR:br08401]
Viral infections
Infections caused by +ssRNA viruses
H01327 Herpangina
