Hi all, A little more clarification. :-)
Picornavirus Infections: Coxsackie, echo, and polioviruses are capable of infecting the gastrointestinal system. Originally, these agents were named *enteroviruses* because of their obvious association with this system. It soon became apparent, that several viruses in the group could infect the respiratory tract and central nervous system as well. Another group of pathogens primarily affecting the respiratory system was consequently designated the *rhinoviruses*. All of these various viruses were classified in a more adequate group, the *picornaviruses*. *Pico* means small and *rna* comes from the type of nucleic acid found in this group. Coxsackieviruses were named after Coxsackie, New York, where the first isolations took place in 1948. The name *echo* was derived from certain properties of these viruses: E = enteric location; C = capable of causing cytopathic changes in tissue cells; H = human source; O = orphan. At one time there were viral agents without diseases, hence the term *orphan*. Several pathogenic viruses of lower animals are also in the picornavirus group. These include the agents of encephalomyocarditis of mice, Teschen disease of pigs, and foot and mouth of cattle. In general, picornaviruses enter the human body via the oral route. A few, enter by means of the respiratory tract. The disease states produced by this group differ in the tissues involved, the types of lesions resulting, and the severity of the attack. Similar disease states (example, aseptic meningitis) may be caused by different picornaviruses. Coxsackieviruses The first coxsackie viral agent was isolated by Dalldorf and Sickles in 1948 . The virus was recovered from suckling (unweaned) mice that were inoculated with fecal matter of children from Coxsackie New York. They were looking for the cause of a disease outbreak among suckling children. The term children means an infant of homosapiens, only sapiens has children, other animal infants have other names. Anytime child or children is used it implies a human infant. Two main groups of these viruses are recognized, A and B. Coxsackieviruses exhibit the general characteristics described for the picornavirus group. However, their pathogenicity for suckling infants (young children) rather than for adults is a feature that distinguishes them from the other picornaviruses, echoviruse, and polioviruses. Diseases caused by group A coxsackieviruses include aseptic meningitis, herpangina (an ulcerative condition of the throat), paralytic illness, and rubelliform rashes accompanied by fever. Diseases associated with group B coxsackieviruses include aseptic meningitis, epidemic pleurodynia, myocarditis, neonatal encephalomyocarditis, and paralytic illness. A virus related to this group has been implicated as a diabetes causing agent. Most often these disease agents are spread either directly or indirectly by contact with contaminated articles (fomites) and aerosols, ie. dirty toys, unsanitary serving ware (dishes), and clothes, and sneezing and coughing. Echoviruses The echoviruses are commonly found in the human gastrointestinal tract. They are considered to be among the most common cause of ascetic meningitis, as nearly all strains comprising this group have been associated with the illness. Other disease caused by echoviruses include diarrhea, fever, and mild respiratory illness. Bless you Bob Lee Christiane Osowiecki wrote: > Brooks Bradley, > I am more than a little confused at your post. The medical term for foot > and mouth disease is Coxsakie Virus. I am unsure as to what aftosa is (and > its reference to being uncommon in humans).......but can assure you that > foot and mouth disease (Coxsakie virus) is VERY common in children under the > age of one! It is a virus that lives on objects, and breeds in warm, moist > places like the mouth. These babies are most suceptible because they are > teething and have their hands (and sometimes feet) in their > mouth.........and the saliva spreads onto the hands, and around the mouth > spreading these "herpes looking" sores. It is also usually accompanied by a > high fever, and sometimes a red "prickly" rash all over the body. > > What are the symptoms of aftosa? > > I am also curious to know from Rob, what his grandsons actual symptoms are, > and if he has begun CS treatment...........and to what success. Please keep > us posted! > > Mr. Bradley.............Please explain........... > Christiane > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: BROOKS BRADLEY <liat...@flash.net> > To: Rob Lowe <r...@iprimus.com.au>; <silver-list@eskimo.com> > Sent: Friday, December 22, 2000 8:54 PM > Subject: Re: CS>Foot & Mouth Disease > > > Dear Sir, > > I am sincerely grieved to hear your grand child > > has > > contacted aftosa. > > Since this enzootic virus is VERY rarely contacted by human beings, I > > urge > > you to > > BE SURE the laboratory diagnosis is absolutely correct. There are at > > least > > seven distinct types of this virus---all being immunologically distinct > > from > > one another. Additionally, there are variants within the types which > > express important epizootiological and immunological distinctions. We > > have > > found that VETERINARY medicine facilities are vastly superior in > > identifying/typing this type/family of organism. > > While we have never researched (directly) an > > active > > case of aftosa, we have experimented (1992) with laboratory cultures of > > at > > least three types; South African Type (S.A.T.) 1 and 2; and Asian > > Type > > 1. All three succumbed to 5 ppm to 10 ppm Colloidal Silver when > > subjected > > to 12 drops CS solution when applied directly on to the plate cultures > > and > > re-covered. Control response varied from 8 to 12 minutes (elapsed time > > required to identify replication disturbances). All three pathogens > > were > > eventually affected to the degree of total (99%+) effective control. > > I can offer no counsel on using CS as a medical > > protocol. > > We do not offer any form of medical advice, being a research group only. > > However, if it was my grand child.....I would not hesistate to employ > > such > > an experiment -----IMMEDIATELY. > > p.s. We found no drug (natural or synthetic) which > > yielded > > this degree of control. > > Sincerely, Brooks Bradley. > > Rob Lowe wrote: > > > > > I know that it may sound a little way out, but my > > > 10 month old grand daughter has just been diagnosed > > > with this horrible affliction. > > > > > > Apparently it could have been caused by the child playing > > > with toys which have been handled by unwashed toilet hands > > > etc. and appears to be due to a bacteria of some sort!? > > > > > > Anyone help with a suggested dose, or experience using CS > > > for this condition. > > > > > > We are making CS using a SilverGen which test reads around 20ppm. > > > > > > Not the time or the season eh! Poor little kid. > > > > > > Thanks for your help. > > > > > > Rob > > > > > > -- > > > The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > > > > > > To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: > > > silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com -or- silver-digest-requ...@eskimo.com > > > with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. > > > > > > To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com > > > Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com> > > > > -- oozing on the muggy shore of the gulf coast l...@fbtc.net
