Past featured papers
Enteroviruses are group of small RNA viruses (a genus of the family Picornaviridae) that are transmitted by the intestinal route (enteric is another word for intestinal). While studying Enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) in late 2018, members of One Virology noticed that Coxsackievirus A6 (CVA6), which causes hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD), was the second most common type of enterovirus and thus worthy of its own study! The study now published compares cases before (2018) and after (2021–2023) the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The study showed that although the restrictions imposed during the height of the pandemic may have had an impact on the strains in circulation, CVA6 posed a significant clinical burden both before and after the pandemic.
