encephalomyocarditis /en·ceph·a·lo·myo·car·di·tis/ (-mi″o-kahr-di´tis) a viral disease marked by degenerative and inflammatory changes in skeletal and cardiac muscle and by central lesions resembling those of poliomyelitis.
encephalomyocarditis
en·ceph·a·lo·my·o·car·di·tis ( n-sf  -l -m -kär-d t s)n. An acute viral disease characterized by inflammation and degeneration of skeletal and cardiac muscle and lesions of the central nervous system. |
encephalomyocarditis
[ensef′əlōmī′ōkärdī′tis]
Etymology: Gk, enkephalos + mys, muscle, kardia, heart, itis, inflammation
an infectious disease of the central nervous system and heart tissue caused by a group of small ribonucleic acid picornaviruses. Rodents are a major reservoir of the infection. Human illness ranges from asymptomatic infection to severe encephalomyelitis. Symptoms are generally similar to those of poliomyelitis. Myocarditis is not a feature of infection in humans, and most victims recover promptly without sequelae. Treatment is supportive. See also picornavirus.
encephalomyocarditis
inflammation of the brain and cardiac muscle; abbreviated EMC.
encephalomyocarditis virus disease of pigs
a sporadic disease of pigs caused by a picornavirus (genus Cardiovirus) which is primarily a pathogen of rodents but which infects other species including humans. Affected pigs are most commonly found dead of heart failure without having displayed clinical signs. Longer surviving pigs show tremor, incoordination and dyspnea. There is a characteristic myocarditis evident at necropsy.
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