The coxsackieviruses subsequently were found to cause a variety of infections, including epidemic pleurodynia (Bornholm disease), and were subdivided into groups A and B based on their pathology in newborn mice.
Posteriormente viuse que os coxsackievirus causaban diversas infeccións, incluíndo a pleurodinia epidémica (enfermidade de Bornholm), e foron subdivididos nos grupos A e B baseándose na súa patoloxía en ratos acabados de nacer.