What is Bornholm and why is it in geographic competition with Coxsackie?
Bornholm is a Danish island in the Baltic Sea, where the syndrome of epidemic pleurodynia (aptly called
Bornholm disease) was first described. The intriguing aspect of this syndrome (characterized by sore throat,
cough, and paroxysms of pain, usually pleuritic but also abdominal) is that it is caused by a virus named
after another geographic location, Coxsackie, New York.
Bornholm is a Danish island in the Baltic Sea, where the syndrome of epidemic pleurodynia (aptly called
Bornholm disease) was first described. The intriguing aspect of this syndrome (characterized by sore throat,
cough, and paroxysms of pain, usually pleuritic but also abdominal) is that it is caused by a virus named
after another geographic location, Coxsackie, New York.