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Chapter 20, Problem 3TMW
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Why enteroviruses are called intestine poison even though they do not cause intestinal diseases.

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Poliovirus is another species of enterovirus. When it attaches to human intestinal cells; intracellular replication cycle; is relatively stable outside body. Enteroviruses do not cause intestinal diseases.

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