TABLE 1.

List of the most common viruses causing myocarditis.

	• Primarycardiactrophism • Most common pathogens in the 1980s–1990s
Human Herpesvirus 6 (HHV6), PARVOVIRUS B-19 (B19V)	• Vascular or lymphatictrophism • Possible lifelong myocardial persistence • Most common pathogens in the past two decades
HIV, HCV, Influenza A and B viruses	• Indirect myocardial damage via activation of the immune system
SARS-CoV-2 virus	• Emerging pathogen • Unclear mechanism of myocardial damage • Also vaccine-related