All Picornaviruses are enteroviruses and transmitted via the fecal-oral route, except for Rhinovirus, which is acid-labile and destroyed in the stomach.
Todos los Picornavirus son enterovirus y se transmiten por vía fecal-oral, excepto el Rhinovirus, que es lábil al ácido y se destruye en el estómago.
| Text | All Picornaviruses are enteroviruses and can be transmitted by feco-oral route except Rhinovirus::virus Why? |
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| Extra | Rhinovirus is acid-labile and gets destroyed in the stomach so it does not enter the 2GIT like other viruses |
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