epidemic pleurodynia (MONDO_0005751, a Monarch Disease Ontology identifier) is an acute, febrile, infectious disease generally occurring in epidemics. It is usually caused by coxsackieviruses B and sometimes by coxsackieviruses A; echoviruses; or other enteroviruses. Also known as: Bamble disease, Bornholm disease, devil's grip, epidemic myalgia, epidemic pleurisy, epidemic, myositis.